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English vocab Flashcards

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To accept, comply, or submit

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Acquiesce

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Something different, abnormal, peculiar, or not easily classified

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Anomaly

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Cheerful and optimistic

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Buoyant

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Characterized by whim

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Capricious

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Corresponding in size, extent, amount, or degree

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Commensurate

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Marked by propriety and good taste

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Decorous

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Respect and esteem due to an elder or superior

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Deference

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To take exception to, or object

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Demur

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To follow an admirable example

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Emulate

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10
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Characterized by deep wide learning

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Erudite

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To adopt or support a cause, belief, or way of life

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Espouse

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Greatly exceeding bounds of reason or moderation

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Exorbitant

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Wanting to avoid activity or exertion

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Indolent

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To instigate or stir up

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Foment

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Not called for by the circumstances

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Gratuitous

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Insultingly contemptuous in speech or conduct

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Insolent

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Resolutely courageous, fearless, brave

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Intrepid

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Very generous or forgiving, especially toward a rival or someone less powerful then oneself

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Magnanimous

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Obedient or attentive to an excessive or servile degree

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Obsequious

20
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Insisting on immediate attention or obedience

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Peremptory

21
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Deceitfulness, untrustworthiness

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Perfidy

22
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Having knowledge of things or events before they exist or happen

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Prescient

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Beyond what is normal or natural

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Preternatural

24
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Most noticeable or important

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Salient

25
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Dull, unimaginative

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Prosaic

26
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Barely or scarcely sufficient

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Scant

27
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A typical or ideal example

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Epitome

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A countless or extremely great number

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Myriad

29
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Existing or being everywhere at the same time

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Ubiquitous

30
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Intensely emotional, impassioned

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Vehement

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A trace, mark, or visible sign left by something vanished or lost

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Vestige

32
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To be evasive, unclear, or confusing

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Obfuscate

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