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English final vocabulary + rhetorical device Flashcards

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1
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to be great in number or amount; be fully supplied or filled; teem

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abound

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agreement; harmony; settlement or compromise of conflicting opinions; give wholeheartedly; grant readily; to be in agreement, harmony, or unity

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accord

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increase or grow; accumulate; come to someone or something as a gain or benefit

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accrue

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heated and noisy quarrel

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altercation

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person who pretends to possess skill or knowledge; quack

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charlatan

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failure to perform a task or fulfill an obligation, particularly a financial obligation; failure of a competitor or team to participate in a contest; fail to do what is required; fail to pay money when it is due; in sports, to fail to compete in a scheduled contest

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default

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bring out; evoke; call forth

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elicit

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not valid, likely, or acceptable; difficult to believe

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implausible

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of or pertaining to the doctrine of the Italian diplomat Niccolo Machiavelli, a doctrine that denies the relevance or morality in political affairs and holds that craft and deceit are justified in pursuing and maintaining political power

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Machiavellian

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receive an equivalent for; make up for

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recoup

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discover through examination or experimentation; determine

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ascertain

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take revenge on or get satisfaction for; take vengeance on behalf of

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avenge

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deception by trickery; trick

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chicanery

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most complete instance; the finest or most representative example; essence of a thing in its purest and most concentrated form

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quintessence

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make a formal retraction of disapproval of; make a formal retraction or disapproval of a previously held belief

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recant

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lax in attending to duty; exhibiting carelessness or slackness

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remiss

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mediate at length; ponder; muse; chew cud

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ruminate

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separation or division into factions

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schism

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neglect, put off, or avoid discharging a duty, obligation, or responsibility

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shirk

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phantom; apparition; threatening or haunting possibility

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specter

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opinion, doctrine, or principle held as being true by a person or group

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tenet

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easily managed or controlled; docile

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tractable

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one of a sudden or unexpected changes or shifts often encountered in one’s life, activities, or surroundings; change or variation

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vicissitude

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relinquish or give up voluntarily; refrain from insisting upon or enforcing; dispense with

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waive

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unreasonable stubbornness; inclination to impose one’s will on others

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willfullness

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presenting favorable circumstances; auspicious; advantageous

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propitious

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peculiarity of behavior; mannerism; idiosyncrasy; unpredictable or unaccountable shift in action

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quirk

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one subject to the authority of another; of a lower class or rank; inferior; put in a lower class or rank; make inferior

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subordinate

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involvement as an accomplice in a crime or wrongdoing

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complicity

30
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condition of situation of difficulty or adversity

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plight

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damaging or false statement; act of defaming or slandering

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aspersion

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bitterly severe; harsh; sharp

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vitriolic

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willing to help; obliging

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accommodating

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spirit of loyalty, mutual trust, and good will between or amend friends or comrades

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camaraderie

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prevent or reduce the anger of; soothe

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propitiate

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firm and unyielding in purpose or opinion inflexible

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adamant

37
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address an earnest or urgent request to; implore; request earnestly; beg for

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beseech

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person to whom secrets or private matters are confided

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confidant

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express disapproval of; belittle

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deprecate

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escape from, as by artfulness, cunning or daring; escape the understanding of; baffle

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elude

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profitable; producing wealth

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lucrative

42
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act or instance of seeking or pursuing something; search

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quest

43
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criticize or reprimand sharply and sternly; words or actions expressing strong disapproval; a scolding

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rebuke

44
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ability to make valuable discoveries by chance; luck

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serendipity

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act of willing, choosing, or deciding; power or capability of determining; conscious choice; decision

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volition

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requiring immediate attention or remedy; urgent; requiring or demanding a great deal

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exigent

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faithfulness to obligations, duties, or observances; loyalty; exact correspondence with fact or with a given quality, condition, or event

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fidelity

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working or spreading harmfully in a subtle or stealthy manner; intended to entrap; treacherous; alluring but harmful

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insidious

49
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capable of being altered or influenced; tractable; capable of being shaped, ashy hammering

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malleable

50
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banish or exclude from a group; shun

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ostracize

51
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likely to become or be; likely to happen; expected

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prospective

52
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bitter, long lasting resentment; ill-will

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rancor

53
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smt given or demanded in repayment especially punishment

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retribution

54
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keenness of perception; sourness of judgement; wisdom

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sagacity

55
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reject or refuse disdainfully

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spurn

56
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deny to oneself; renounce

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abnegate

57
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abolish or annul by authority; cancel

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abrogate

58
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quickness and accuracy of judgement; keen insight; shrewdness

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acumen

59
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command solemnly, asunder oath; request, urge, or advise earnestly

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adjure

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quarrelsome

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contentious

61
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laugh at in scorn; scoff at; mock

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deride

62
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strive to equal or excel, esp through imitation

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emulate

63
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direct with authority and emphasis; command; prohibit or forbid

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enjoin

64
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careless; irresponsible; lacking purpose or vitality; ineffectual

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feckless

65
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arrogantly domineering or overbearing

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imperious

66
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existing in someone or something as a natural, essential part, quality, or characteristic

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inherent

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firmly established by having existed for a long time; long-standing; deprecated; fixed in habit, custom, or practice; confirmed

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inveterate

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indicate or warn of in advance; foretell or predict; make or utter a prediction; indication or warning of a future occurrence; omen; feeling or invitation of what is going to occur

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presage

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impressively great in size, force, or extent; enormous; extraordinary

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prodigious

70
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innate inclination; tendency

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propensity

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