Essential Words IV Flashcards by Alex Franklin | Brainscape

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Tractable

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Able to be led, obedient, easily managed

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Abstracted

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Withdrawn into one’s mind

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Unobtrusive

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Not noticeable or attention-drawing

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Abstruse

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Hard to comprehend

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Invective

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Bitter criticism, denunciation

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Vehement

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Passionate, nearly violent

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Provenance

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Source, or history ownership

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Contravene

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Oppose, violate, or contradict

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Verify

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Confirm as true

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Veracity

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Truthfulness or truth

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Divert

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Turn aside or distract

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Versatile

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Able to adapt easily, ready for many uses

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Divert

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Turn aside or distract

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Controvert

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Dispute in argument, engage in controversy

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Equivocate

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Say something open to more than one interpretation in order to mislead or to avoid commitment

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Vociferous

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Shouting loudly and angrily

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Benevolent

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Kindness, readiness to do good for others

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Malevolent

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Wishing harm, ready to do evil

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Voluntary

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Done of one’s own free will

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Agnostic

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Someone who isn’t sure (often about God’s existence)

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Anarchy

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Chaos, lack of government.

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Anachronism

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Something out of place in time

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Amorphous

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Shapeless

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Abstain

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Refrain from

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Abstracted

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Withdrawn into one’s mind

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Abjure

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Renounce or reject

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Abject

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In a low, hopeless, depressed condition

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Abrogate

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Abolish, nullify (a law or rule)

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Abstruse

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Hard to comprehend

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Abstemious

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Moderate in appetite or drinking.

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Accrete

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Grow or pile up bit by bit

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Aggregate

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Collect together

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Assimilate

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Make or become a similar part of something

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Arrogate

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Claim or take (without the right)

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Attenuate

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Make or become thinner or weaker

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Antecedent

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Earlier event or cause

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Antediluvian

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Ancient, primitive

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Antipathy

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Strong dislike

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Antagonism

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Opposition, active hostility

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Autocratic

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Like an absolute ruler or tyrant

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Begrudge

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Give unwillingly

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Beguile

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Deceive, divert in an attractive way

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Benighted

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Unenlightened, in figurative darkness

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Beseech

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Beg, implore

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Besiege

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Surround, press upon

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Besmirch

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Make dirty

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Benediction

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Blessing

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Beneficent

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Doing good for others

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Benevolence

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Kindness, readiness to do good for others

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Benign

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Favorable, gentle, harmless