Enlgish Final Vocab Flashcards
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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
Without beginning or end
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Inflection
Change in pitch or tone
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Inflexible
Too un changeable in purpose
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Inquisitive
Curious
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Irrational
Not based on reason or logic
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Locution
Style or action of speaking
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Mea culpa
Statement to show personal responsibility for wrong doing
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Persuasion
Habit or type
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Precarious
Threatened or unsafe
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Precursor
That which comes first
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Primal
Original
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Reconcile
To bring back into agreement
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Reprobate
A scoundrel
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Reprove
To criticize
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Requisition
To make a request or demand
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Ultimatum
A demand or threat that is final
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Unconscionable
Not obeying moral laws
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Virtuoso
Somebody extraordinary skilled at an art
