English Vocab Flashcards by Katherine Bolton | Brainscape

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Animosity

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Harsh feelings, resentment

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Antecedent

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A cause, something that existed

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Arid

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Very dry

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Auspicious

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Favorable

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Avarice

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Greed for wealth

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Blithe

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Lighthearted, cheerful

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Cacophonous

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Harsh sounding, having dissonance

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Diminution

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Reduction, Diminishment

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Edifying

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Improving spiritually or morally

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Impeccable

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Free from fault or blame

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Imperturbable

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Being calm and steadfast

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Incessant

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Uninterrupted

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Inimitable

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Not able to be imitated

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Perspicacious

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Having clear insight, shrewd, very perceptive

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Ponderous

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Very heavy, unwieldy from weight

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Profane

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Showing contempt toward sacred things

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Soporific

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Something that causes sleep and to dull awareness and/or alertness

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Sordid

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Filthy, foul

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Succinct

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Brief, compact

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Trifling

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Not significant, frivolous