Final Exam Vocab Flashcards by Tony Nelo | Brainscape

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Bleak

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Bare/dreary

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Apex

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The peak of something

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Divulge

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To tell/reveal

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Emancipate

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To free from slavery

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Enlightened

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To free from ignorance and false ideas

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Expedient

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A means to an end (adj) advantageous/ useful

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Humane

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Kind/merciful

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Impair

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To damage

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Institute

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To establish

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Momentous

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Very important

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Rabid

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Furiously violent, intense

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Rasping

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With a harsh grating sound (n) a harsh sound

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Rugged

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Rough

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Sparse

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Meager

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Squander

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To spend foolishly

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Sterling

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Genuine, excellent, made of silver

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Synthetic

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Made or put together by humans

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Vagrant

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An idle wanderer

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Venomous

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Poisonous, spiteful, mean

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Drudgery

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Work that is hard and tiresome