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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

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Reviewing the past;considering past eventd

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Scoff

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To make fun of;mock;refuse to take seriously

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Juxtapose

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To place together,especially in order to compare or contrast

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Lethargy

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A great lack of energy;inactivity due to laziness; sluggishness

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Ambiguous

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Able to be interpreted in more ways than one;Not clear

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inane

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Without sense or meaning;foolish

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embellish

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To decorate;beautify by adding details

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Subsidize

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To support financially;provide a grant or contribution

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Fritter

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To spend or waste a little at a time

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Inadvertent

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unintentional;accidental

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Sporadic

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Happening now and then;occasional

36
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Relinquish

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To surrender(something);give(something) up

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Impetuous

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Done or acting in a hurry;with little though;impulse

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Maudlin

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Tearfully sentimental;overly emotional

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Ubiquitous

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Existing or seeming to exist everywhere at the same time

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Zenith

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The highest point or conditional;PEAK

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Estrange

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To make unsympathetic or unfriendly;alienate

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infallible

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Not capable of error or failure;unable to make mistakes

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Euphoric

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overjoyed;having an intense feeling of well-being

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Regress

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To return to an earlier,generally worse,condition or behavior

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Disseminate

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To spread or scatter widely;Distribute

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Irrevocable

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Not able to be canceled or undone;Irreversible

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Proliferation

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A rapid spread or increase

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Corrobrate

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To confirm;Strengthen with further evidence;provide proof of

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precipitate

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To cause to happen quickly,sudden,or sooner than expected

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Hoist

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To lift,especially with some mechanical means,like cable

51
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Illicit

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Illegal

52
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Viv,Vit

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Life,Lively

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Extra

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Outside,beyond

54
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Chronic,Chrou

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Time

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Liver,Liber

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free,Freedom

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De

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Away,Seperation,removal

57
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Ante,anti

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Before,preceding

58
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vov,vok

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voice,call

59
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dorm

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sleep

60
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ject

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throw,toss

61
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Cide

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kill,killing,killer

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