Enlgish Final Vocab Flashcards by osvaldo rodriguez | Brainscape

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Aesthetic

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Having to do with beauty or order

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Acrimonious

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Exhibiting harsh sharpness

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Antipathy

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Hostility

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Apathetic

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Not interested

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Apolitical

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Not political

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Cautionary

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Intended to serve as warning

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Circumvent

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Bypass

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Civic

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Having to do with business of a town

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Colloquial

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Of or related to informal speech

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Connotation

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An image associated with a word

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Conscientious

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Careful

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Convoluted

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Overly complicated

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Culpable

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Deserving blame

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Definitive

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Standard

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Degrade

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Insult

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Demographic

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Having certain characteristics in common

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Denotation

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The dictionary definition of a word

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Effervescent

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Highly spirited

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Eloquent

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Powerful and expressive

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Empathy

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Sharing of another’s emotions

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Evocative

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Calling forth a vivid image

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Fervent

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Enthusiastic

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Imprecation

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A curse

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Indolent

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Lazy

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Infinite

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Without beginning or end

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Inflection

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Change in pitch or tone

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Inflexible

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Too un changeable in purpose

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Inquisitive

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Curious

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Irrational

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Not based on reason or logic

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Locution

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Style or action of speaking

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Mea culpa

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Statement to show personal responsibility for wrong doing

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Persuasion

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Habit or type

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Precarious

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Threatened or unsafe

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Precursor

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That which comes first

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Primal

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Original

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Reconcile

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To bring back into agreement

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Reprobate

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A scoundrel

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Reprove

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To criticize

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Requisition

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To make a request or demand

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Ultimatum

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A demand or threat that is final

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Unconscionable

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Not obeying moral laws

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Virtuoso

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Somebody extraordinary skilled at an art