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English: Unit 1-3 Vocab Flashcards

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To attempt to dissuade someone from some course or decision by earnest reasoning

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Expostulate

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Peevish, annoyed by trifles, easily irritated and upset

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Petulant

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The expression of approval or favorable opinion, praise; official approval

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Approbation

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To make easier or milder, relieve; to quiet, calm; to put an end to, appease, satisfy, quench

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Assuage

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Excessively smooth or smug; trying too hard to give an impression of earnestness, sincerity, or piety; fatty, oily; pliable

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Unctuous

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Pertaining to an outlying area; local; narrow in mind or outlook, countrified in the sense of being limited and backward; of a simple, plain design that originated in the countryside; a person with a narrow point of view; a person from an outlying area; a soldier from a province or colony

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Provincial

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Worthy, deserving recognition and praise

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Meritorious

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A combination, union, or merger for some specific purpose

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Coalition

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To draw forth, bring out from some source (such as another person)

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Elicit

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A hint, indirect suggestion, or reference (often in a derogatory sense)

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Innuendo

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Used so often as to lack freshness or originality

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Hackneyed

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To make a pretense of, imitate; to show the outer signs of

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Simulate

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Shade cast by trees; foliage giving shade; an overshadowing influence or power; offense, resentment; a vague suspicion

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Umbrage

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Causing shock, horror, or revulsion; sensational; pale or sallow in color; terrible or passionate in intensity or lack of restraint

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Lurid

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Wearied, worn-out, dulled (in the sense of being satiated by excessive indulgence)

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Jaded

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To rise above or beyond, exceed

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Transcend

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To plead on behalf of someone else; to serve as a third party or go-between in a disagreement

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Intercede

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Decline, decay, or deterioration; a condition or period of decline or decay; excessive self-indulgence

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Decadence

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A special right or privilege; a special quality showing excellence

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Prerogative

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A gap, opening, break (in the sense of having an element missing)

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Hiatus

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To urge strongly, advise earnestly

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Exhort

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Weariness of body or mind, lack of energy

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Lassitude

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Without experience; immature, not fully developed; lacking sophistication and poise; without feathers

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Callow

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Secret, hidden from view; not detectable by ordinary means; mysterious, magical, uncanny; to hide, cover up; eclipse; matters involving the supernatural

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Occult

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A period of one thousand years; a period of great joy

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Millennium

Plural: millennia

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Poise, assurance, great self-confidence; perpendicularity

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Aplomb

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Pompous or overblown in language; full of high-sounding words intended to conceal a lack of ideas

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Bombastic

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To think or believe without certain supporting evidence; to conjecture or guess; likely idea that lacks definite proof

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Surmise

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By virtue of holding a certain office

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Ex officio

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To spread through, penetrate, soak through

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Permeate

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To improve, make better, correct a flaw or shortcoming

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Ameliorate

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Saliva or mucus flowing from the mouth or nose; foolish, aimless talk or thinking; nonsense; to let saliva flow from the mouth; to utter nonsense or childish twaddle; to waste or fritter away foolishly

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Drivel

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To violate, trespass, go beyond recognized bounds

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Infringe

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Strict, severe; rigorously or urgently binding or compelling; sharp or bitter to the taste

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Stringent

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To make oneself agreeable and thus gain favor or acceptance by others (sometimes used in a critical or derogatory sense)

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Ingratiate

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Belonging to someone or something by its very nature, essential, inherent; originating in a bodily organ or part

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Intrinsic

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A summary, condensed account; an instance that represents a larger reality

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Epitome

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One who moves in where he or she is not wanted or has no right to be, an intruder

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Interloper

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To fall as moisture; to bring about suddenly; to hurl down from a great height; to give distinct form to; characterized by excessive haste; moisture; the product of an action or process

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Precipitate

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To make a violent attack in words, express strong disapproval

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Inveigh

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to assign or refer to (as a cause or source), attribute

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ascribe

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to make easy, cause to progress faster

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expedite

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resulting from or marked by lack of attention; unintentional, accidental

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inadvertent

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the modification of the social patterns, traits, or structures of one group or society by contact with those of another; the resultant blend

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acculturation

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resistant to lawful authority; having the purpose of overthrowing an established government

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seditious

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thin, slender, not dense; lacking clarity or sharpness; of slight importance; lacking a sound basis, poorly supported

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tenuous

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composure or coolness, especially in trying circumstances

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sangfroid

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not decisive or definite; unwilling to take a clear position

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noncommittal

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bitter, sarcastic; highly caustic or biting (like a strong acid)

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vitriolic

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to steal something that has been given into one’s trust; to take improperly for one’s own use

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peculate

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a state of great excitement, agitation, or turbulence; to be in or work into such a state; to produce alcohol by chemical action

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ferment

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existing in name only, not real; too small to be considered or taken seriously

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nominal

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to make amends, make up for; to avert

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expiate

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to have an intense dislike or hatred for

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abominate

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to direct or order; to prescribe a course of action in an authoritative way; to prohibit

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enjoin

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a natural or habitual inclination or tendency (especially of human character or behavior)

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proclivity

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to sympathize with, have pity or sorrow for, share a feeling of distress

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commiserate

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resulting from chance rather than from an inherent cause or character; accidental, not essential; acquired, not congenital

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adventitious

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roundabout, not direct

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circuitous

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to use coaxing or flattery to gain some desired end

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wheedle

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