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Essential Words Units 11-15 Flashcards

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bucolic

A

characteristic of the countryside, rustic, pastoral

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burgeon

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to flourish, burgeoning population

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burnish

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to polish

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buttress

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to reinforce, support

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cacophonous

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unpleasant or harsh sounding

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aficionados

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enthusiastic admirers

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cadge

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to beg, sponge

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callous

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thick-skinned, insensitive

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calumny

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false and malicious accusation, slander

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canard

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false, misleading story

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canon

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established principle, basis or standard for judgement, group of literary works

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rococo

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excessively ornate; architecture

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cant

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insincere talk, language of a particular group

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cantankerous

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irritable, ill-humored

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capricious

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fickle, change mind frequently

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captious

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faultfinding, intended to entrap, as in an argument

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cardinal

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of foremost importance

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carnal

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of the flesh or body, related to physical appetites

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nirvana

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ideal condition of rest, harmony or joy

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carping

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to find fault, complain

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utilitarian

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human activity should be aimed at achieving the greatest good for the greatest number

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cartography

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map making

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caste

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hereditary social classes

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castigation

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punishment, chastisement, criticism

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cataclysm

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violent upheaval

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catalyst

A

causing change

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libertarian

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great importance on individual freedom

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categorical

A

absolute, without exception

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caucus

A

smaller group within an organization

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causal

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involving a cause

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caustic

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sarcastically biting, burning

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celestial

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sky, heavens, sublime

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doppler effect

A

change in the wavelength and frequency of a wave as a result of motion of either the source or receiver of the waves

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centrifugal

A

moving away from the center

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centripetal

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moving or directed towards a center

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champion

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to defend or support

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chasten

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to correct by punishment or reproof, to restrain or subdue

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chicanery

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trickery, fraud

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chivalry

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the qualities idealized by knighthood such as bravery and gallentary

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churlish

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rude, boorish

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circuitous

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roundabout

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clairvoyant

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one who can predict the future

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clamor

A

noisy outcry

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clique

A

small, exclusive group

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cloister

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to confine, seclude

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coagulate

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thicken, congeal

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coalesce

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to cause to become one

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coda

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concluding part of a literary or musical composition, summarizes or concludes

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codify

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to systematize

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cognizant

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informed, conscious, aware

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collage

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assemblage of diverse elements

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commensurate

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proportional

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compendium

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brief, comprehensive summary

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complacent

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self-satisfied

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complaisant

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overly polite, willing to please, obliging

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complement

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something that completes or makes a whole

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