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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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
Pride, naughtiness
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Artifact
Object made by human being
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Artisan
Manually skilled worker, craft
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Ascendancy
Controlling influence, domination
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Discount
Disregard, dismiss
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Discrimination
Ability to see differences
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Diputatious
Arguetive fond of arguing
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Descent
Scorn
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Disdain
An inclination
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Divergent
Disagree
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Document
Provide written evidence
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Dogmatic
Opinion, arbitray
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Eclectic
Composed of elements drawn from diverse sources
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Egotism
Excessive self-importance, conceit
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Elated
Over joyed, in high spirits
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Elegy
Poem or song expressing grief
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Elusive
Hard to grasp, tendency to evade capture
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Embellish
Adorn, ornament, addfictitous detail
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Emulate
Imitate, strive to equal or excel
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Enmity
Ill will
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Ephemeral
Short lived, fleeting
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Eqivocal
Unclear in meaning, intentionally misleading
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Eulogy
Explosion of praise
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Exalt
Raise in rank or dignity, praise
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Exemplary
Serving as a model, outstanding
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Extricate
Free, disentangle
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Exuberance
Joyful enthusiasm, overflow with abundance
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Facilitate
Help bring about, make less difficult
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Fallow
Plowed but not sowed, uncultivated
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Fanaticism
Excessive enthusiasm, extreme belief in a cause
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Fastidious
Difficult to please, really are full
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Feasible
Practical, possible
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Furtive
Sneaky, secritive
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Garrulous
Talkative wordy
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Gregarious
Sociable
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Gullible
Easily decieved
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Hamper
Obstruct make more difficult
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Hardy,
Stronger, sturdy
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Haughtiness
Pride, arogance
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Hedonict
One who believes that pleasure is the sole aim of life
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Hersery
Opinion contrary to popular belief
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Hiearachy
Arrangements by rank or standing
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Homogeneous
Composed of identical parts
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Hyperbole
Exageration, overstatements
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Hypocritical
Pretending to be virtuous, deceving
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Inconcastible
Attacking cherished traditions
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Immutable
Unchanging
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Impeccable
Faultless, having no flaws
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Incongruos
Not fitting, absurd
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Inconsequential
Insignificant, unimportant
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Induce
Persuade, bring about
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Innocuous
Harmless, unlikely to provide strong emotions
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Innate
Inborn
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Insularity
Narrow mindedness, isolation
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Integrity
Uprightedness, wholeness
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Intrepid
Fearless