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English Vocab Flashcards

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Adulation

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Flattery; admiration

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Adversity

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Poverty, misfortune

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Advocate

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Urges, plead for

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Aesthetic

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Pertaining to art or beauty

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Affable

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Easily approachable, warmly friendly

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Affirmation

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Assertion, confirmation

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Aggergate

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Toltal

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Alleviate

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To relieve, make more bearable

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Alloof

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A part reserved

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Altuistic

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Unselfishly, generous, concerned for others

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Ambiguous

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Unclear, doubt in meaning

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Ambivalence

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The state of having contradictory or conflicitng attitudes

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Amorphous

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Formless lacking defintion

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Anarchist

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A person who seeks to other throw the established government, an advocate of abolishing authority

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Anomaly

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Irregularity

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Antagonism

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Actively expressed hostility

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17
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Atediluvian

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Antiquated, extremely old

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Antidote

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Medicine to counteract a posion, something that relieves a harmful effect

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Antiquated

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Old fashioned, obsolete

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Apathy

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Lack of concern or intrest

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Appease

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Pacify or soothe, relieve

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Apperhension

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Fearful anticipation of the future; dread

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Archaic

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Ancient out of date

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Ardent

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Intense, passionate, zealous

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Arrogance

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Pride, naughtiness

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Artifact

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Object made by human being

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Artisan

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Manually skilled worker, craft

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Ascendancy

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Controlling influence, domination

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Discount

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Disregard, dismiss

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30
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Discrimination

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Ability to see differences

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Diputatious

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Arguetive fond of arguing

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Descent

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Scorn

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Disdain

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An inclination

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Divergent

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Disagree

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Document

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Provide written evidence

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Dogmatic

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Opinion, arbitray

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Eclectic

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Composed of elements drawn from diverse sources

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Egotism

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Excessive self-importance, conceit

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Elated

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Over joyed, in high spirits

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Elegy

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Poem or song expressing grief

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Elusive

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Hard to grasp, tendency to evade capture

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Embellish

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Adorn, ornament, addfictitous detail

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Emulate

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Imitate, strive to equal or excel

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Enmity

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Ill will

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Ephemeral

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Short lived, fleeting

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Eqivocal

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Unclear in meaning, intentionally misleading

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Eulogy

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Explosion of praise

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Exalt

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Raise in rank or dignity, praise

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Exemplary

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Serving as a model, outstanding

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Extricate

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Free, disentangle

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Exuberance

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Joyful enthusiasm, overflow with abundance

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Facilitate

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Help bring about, make less difficult

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Fallow

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Plowed but not sowed, uncultivated

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Fanaticism

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Excessive enthusiasm, extreme belief in a cause

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Fastidious

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Difficult to please, really are full

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Feasible

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Practical, possible

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Furtive

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Sneaky, secritive

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Garrulous

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Talkative wordy

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Gregarious

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Sociable

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Gullible

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Easily decieved

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Hamper

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Obstruct make more difficult

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Hardy,

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Stronger, sturdy

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Haughtiness

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Pride, arogance

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Hedonict

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One who believes that pleasure is the sole aim of life

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Hersery

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Opinion contrary to popular belief

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Hiearachy

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Arrangements by rank or standing

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Homogeneous

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Composed of identical parts

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Hyperbole

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Exageration, overstatements

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Hypocritical

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Pretending to be virtuous, deceving

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Inconcastible

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Attacking cherished traditions

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Immutable

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Unchanging

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Impeccable

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Faultless, having no flaws

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Incongruos

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Not fitting, absurd

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Inconsequential

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Insignificant, unimportant

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Induce

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Persuade, bring about

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Innocuous

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Harmless, unlikely to provide strong emotions

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Innate

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Inborn

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Insularity

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Narrow mindedness, isolation

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Integrity

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Uprightedness, wholeness

80
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Intrepid

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Fearless

English Vocab 9th Grade Semester 1 (1 decks)

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