Essay Vocab Hitlist Flashcards
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Abhor (v)
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To hate
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Abate (v)
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To reduce or lessen
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Adversity (n)
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Hardship or misfortune
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Amicable (adj)
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Agreeable or likeable
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Benevolent (adj)
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Friendly or helpful
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Convergence (n)
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Coming together
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Deleterious (adj)
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Harmful
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Digression (n)
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Straying from the main point
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Diligent (adj)
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Hardworking
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Emulate (v)
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To copy
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Ephemeral (adj)
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Fleeting or temporary
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Examplary (adj)
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Outstanding
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Florid (adj)
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Ornate or fancifully decorated (literally or proverbially)
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Fortitude (adj)
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Strength
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Fortuitous (adj)
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Lucky
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Fraught (adj)
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Filled with
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Hackneyed (adj)
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Cliched
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Hypothesis (n)
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Educated guess or unproven theory
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Inconsequential (adj)
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Unimportant
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Inevitable (ad)
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Unavoidable
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Mundane (adj)
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Boring or ordinary
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Pragmatic (adj)
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Practical
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Prosaic (adj)
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Ordinary
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Provocative (adj)
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Inflammatory or potentially offensive
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Prudent (adj)
Wise; sensible in action or thought
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Reverence (n)
Deep respect
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Scrutinize (v)
To look at closely
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Spurious (adj)
False or untrue
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Substantiate (v)
To prove true
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Superfluous
Unnecessarily large in quantity or length
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Surreptitious (adj)
Secret
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Tenacious (adj)
Persistent
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Vindicate (v)
To prove correct or free from blame
