English Vocab Flashcards

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Berate

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TO CRITICIZE OR SCOLD HARSHLY

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Charlatan

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A FAKE; A PERSON WHO FALSELY CLAIMS TO HAVE SPECIAL SKILLS OR KNOWLEDGE

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despondent

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Downhearted;Hopeless

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dexterous

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A person opposed to established ideas or beliefs

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dissident

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a person who opposes official policy, especially that of an authoritarian state

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diverge

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to branch off in different directions

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Dormant

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inactive; Alive but not actively growing, as if asleep

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Facetious

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Humorous; playfully, joking

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Ostentatious

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Meant to impress others;Flashy

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Optimum

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Best possible; Most favorable;Most desirable

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Detriment

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Something that causes damage,harm,or loss

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Vicarious

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Experienced through the imagination: not experienced directly

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Dexterous

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Skillful in using the hands or body

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Scrupulous

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Careful about moral standards;Conscientious

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Gregarious

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Sociable; enjoying and seeking the company of others

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Descreation

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Good judgement or tact in actions or speaking

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Sensory

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Having to do with seeing,hearing,feeling,tasting,or smelling

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Instigate

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To bring about by moving others to action;stir up

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Rudimentary

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Fundamental;necessary to learn first

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Resilient

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Able to recover quickly from harm,illness,or misfortune

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Collaborate

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To work together on a project;a purpose or cause

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Zealot

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A person totally devoted to a person or cause

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Squelch

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To silence or suppress;crush

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Venerate

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To respect deeply;revere

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Retrospect
Reviewing the past;considering past eventd
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Scoff
To make fun of;mock;refuse to take seriously
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Juxtapose
To place together,especially in order to compare or contrast
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Lethargy
A great lack of energy;inactivity due to laziness; sluggishness
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Ambiguous
Able to be interpreted in more ways than one;Not clear
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inane
Without sense or meaning;foolish
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embellish
To decorate;beautify by adding details
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Subsidize
To support financially;provide a grant or contribution
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Fritter
To spend or waste a little at a time
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Inadvertent
unintentional;accidental
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Sporadic
Happening now and then;occasional
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Relinquish
To surrender(something);give(something) up
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Impetuous
Done or acting in a hurry;with little though;impulse
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Maudlin
Tearfully sentimental;overly emotional
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Ubiquitous
Existing or seeming to exist everywhere at the same time
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Zenith
The highest point or conditional;PEAK
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Estrange
To make unsympathetic or unfriendly;alienate
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infallible
Not capable of error or failure;unable to make mistakes
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Euphoric
overjoyed;having an intense feeling of well-being
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Regress
To return to an earlier,generally worse,condition or behavior
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Disseminate
To spread or scatter widely;Distribute
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Irrevocable
Not able to be canceled or undone;Irreversible
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Proliferation
A rapid spread or increase
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Corrobrate
To confirm;Strengthen with further evidence;provide proof of
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precipitate
To cause to happen quickly,sudden,or sooner than expected
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Hoist
To lift,especially with some mechanical means,like cable
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Illicit
Illegal
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Viv,Vit
Life,Lively
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Extra
Outside,beyond
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Chronic,Chrou
Time
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Liver,Liber
free,Freedom
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De
Away,Seperation,removal
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Ante,anti
Before,preceding
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vov,vok
voice,call
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dorm
sleep
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ject
throw,toss
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Cide
kill,killing,killer