Essential Words IV Flashcards by Alex Franklin

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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Withdrawn into one’s mind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

Abstracted

Withdrawn into one's mind

Abjure

Renounce or reject

Abject

In a low, hopeless, depressed condition

Abrogate

Abolish, nullify (a law or rule)

Abstruse

Hard to comprehend

Abstemious

Moderate in appetite or drinking.

Accrete

Grow or pile up bit by bit

Aggregate

Collect together

Assimilate

Make or become a similar part of something

Arrogate

Claim or take (without the right)

Attenuate

Make or become thinner or weaker

Antecedent

Earlier event or cause

Antediluvian

Ancient, primitive

Antipathy

Strong dislike

Antagonism

Opposition, active hostility

Autocratic

Like an absolute ruler or tyrant

Begrudge

Give unwillingly

Beguile

Deceive, divert in an attractive way

Benighted

Unenlightened, in figurative darkness

Beseech

Beg, implore

Besiege

Surround, press upon

Besmirch

Make dirty

Benediction

Blessing

Beneficent

Doing good for others

Benevolence

Kindness, readiness to do good for others

Benign

Favorable, gentle, harmless