English vocab 13-27 Flashcards

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Inert

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Adjective
Unable to move or resist motion, slow and apathetic

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Fecundity, fecund

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(Noun) (adjective)
The quality of something that causes or assists healthy growth

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Livid

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Adjective
-furiously angry
-anemic looking from illness or emotion

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4
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Wheedle

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Verb
Influence or urge by gentle urging, caressing, or flattering; sweet talk

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Copiously, copious

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Adverb, adjective
In an abundant manner

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6
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Lurid

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Adjective
-Vivid and attention grabbing in a shocking, graphic, or horrible way
-Shining with an unnatural glow

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Assail

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Verb
Attack someone physically or emotionally

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8
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Martyr

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Noun/verb
N: one who voluntarily suffers death for their beliefs
V: torture and torment

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Torpid

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Adjective
Slow and apathetic (lack of emotion)

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10
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Capitulate

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Verb
Surrender under agreed conditions

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Didactically, didactic

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Adjective
Instructively (especially excessively)

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Disquietude, disquiet

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Noun, verb
Feelings of anxiety that makes you tense and irritable

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13
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Trite

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Adjective
Repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse; banal

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Manifest

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Verb: Provide evidence for, Stand as proof of, show by ones behavior attitude, or external attributes
Adj: clearly revealed to the mind or sense of judgement

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Archaic

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Adjective
So extremely old as seeming to belong to an earlier period

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