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English Vocab 101-150 Flashcards

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Corrode

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V. Destroy by chemical action

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Comprehensive

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Adj. Thorough or inclusive

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Carping

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Adj. Finding fault

difficult to please; critical.

“she has silenced the carping critics with a successful debut tour”

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Consensus

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N. General agreement

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Guile

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N. Deceit or duplicity

sly or cunning intelligence.

“he used all his guile and guts to free himself from the muddle he was in”

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Concise

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Adj. Brief and compact

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Innate

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Adj. Inborn

existing from birth.

natural to a person or animal.

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Innocuous

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Adj. Harmless

not harmful or offensive.
“it was an innocuous question”

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Innovation

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Adj. Change or introduction of something new

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Concur

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V. Agree

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Capricious

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Adj. Fickle or incalculable

given to sudden and unaccountable changes of mood or behaviour.
“a capricious and often brutal administration”

changing according to no discernible rules; unpredictable.
“a capricious climate”

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Integrity

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N. Wholeness, purity, uprightness

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Contend

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V. Struggle, compete, assert earnestly

1.struggle to surmount (a difficulty).
“she had to contend with his uncertain temper”

2.assert something as a position in an argument.
“he contends that the judge was wrong”

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Contract

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Compress or shrink, make pledge

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Rescind

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V. Cancel

revoke, cancel, or repeal (a law, order, or agreement).

“the government eventually rescinded the directive”

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Objective

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N. Goal, aim

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Accolade

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N. Award of merit

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Excerpt

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N. Selected passage (written or musical)

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Coalesce

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V. Combine, fuse

come together to form one mass or whole.
“the puddles hadcoalesced intoshallow streams”

combine (elements) in a mass or whole.
“his idea served tocoalesceall that happenedintoone connected whole”

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Bleak

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Adj. Cold, cheerless

(of an area of land) lacking vegetation and exposed to the elements.
(of a building or room) charmless and inhospitable; dreary.
(of the weather) cold and miserable.

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Blighted

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Adj. Suffering from a disease, destroyed

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Avarice

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N. Greediness for wealth

extreme greed for wealth or material gain.
“he was rich beyond the dreams of avarice”

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Hypocritical

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Adj. Pretending to be virtuous, deceiving

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Hypothetical

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Adj. Based on assumptions or hypothesis

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Autonomous

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Adj. Self governing

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Inception

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N. Start, beginning

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Meager

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Adj. Scanty, inadequate

(of something provided or available) lacking in quantity or quality.

(of a person, animal, or part of the body) lean; thin.

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Constraint

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N. Compulsion, repression of feelings

a limitation or restriction.

the action or state of forcing or being forced to do something; constraint.

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Nefarious

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Adj. Very wicked

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Negate

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V. Cancel out, nullify, deny

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Obscure

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V. Darken, make unclear

verb

1.keep from being seen; conceal.
“grey clouds obscure the sun”

Adjective

1.not discovered or known about; uncertain.
“his origins and parentage are obscure”

2.not clearly expressed or easily understood.
“obscure references to Proust”

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Lament

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V. Grieve, express sorrow

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Marred

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Adj. Damaged, disfigured.

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Edify

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V. Instruct, correct morally.

instruct or improve (someone) morally or intellectually.

“Rachel had edified their childhood with frequent readings from Belloc”

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Aversion

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N. Firm dislike.

a strong dislike or disinclination.

“they made plain theiraversion tothe use of force”

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Avert

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V. Prevent, turn away.

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Aviary

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N. Enclosure for birds

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Materialism

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N. Preoccupation with physical comforts and things

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Linger

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Loiter or dawdle, contine or persist

Loiter: stand or wait around without apparent purpose.

Dawdle: waste time; be slow.

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Distend

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V. Expand, swell out

(usually of thestomachor otherpartof thebody) toswellandbecomelarge(as if) bypressurefrom inside.

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Asceticism

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N. Doctrine of self denial.

severe self-discipline and avoiding of all forms of indulgence, typically for religious reasons.

“acts of physical asceticism”

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Adversary

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N. Opponent, enemy

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Anarchist

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N. Person who rebels against the established order

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Attribute

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N. Essential quality

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Beguile

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V. Amuse, delude, cheat

  1. charm or enchant (someone), often in a deceptive way
  2. help (time) pass pleasantly
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Condone

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V. Overlook, forgive

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Abridge

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V. Condense or shorten

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Brevity

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N. Conciseness

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Braggart

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N. Boaster

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Atrophy

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N. Wasting away

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