English Vocab Deck 3 Flashcards by Morgan Inciardi | Brainscape

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Execrate

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To curse or to Damn

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Imbue

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To inspire with feelingsR

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Reverberate

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To Echo

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Misnomer

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A wrong name or misleading term

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Debase

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To reduce in quality or value

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Perpetrate

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To commit

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Imbibe

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To drink or absorb

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Noisome

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Harmful to health or disgusting

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Emancipate

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To set free

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Scathing

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Harmful or causes pain

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Turbid

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Murky, Clouded or Muddy

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Writhe

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Twisting in agony

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Dank

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Damp and Moldy

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Reprove

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To criticize or correct (in a scolding way)

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Sunder

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To separate or divide

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Obdurate

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Stubborn or unmoved emotionally

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Immutable

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Unchangeable

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Dregs

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The last remnant of something, worthless remains

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Arraign

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To accuse, to bring before a court

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Odium

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Intense hatred

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Perdition

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Utter ruin, loss of soul

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Emaciated

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Sickly or skinny from malnutrition

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Impropriety

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Inappropriateness

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Depravity

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Moral Corruption

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Ineffable

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Inexpressible, cannot be put into words

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Stupor

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Dazed and confused state

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Imprudent

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Lacking wisdom, rash or not wise

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Divest

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To take away rights, privileges - to be stripped

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Vestige

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Surviving evidence of something, a ramnant

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Imprudence

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Shamelessness or rudeness

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Impertinent

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Irrelevant, uncivil, or rude

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Stratagem

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A strategyC

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Consummate

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A state of perfection

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Pernicious

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Deadly or fatal

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Erroneous

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Containing an error, having a mistake in it

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Scourge

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A cause of a suffering or a curse

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Lax

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Careless or negligent

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Ardor

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Fervor, Passion, or Enthusiasm

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Staid

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Fixed in place, settled, permanent

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Piety

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Devout or religious devotion