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Final Exam Vocabulary Flashcards

1
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Having to do with beauty or order

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Aesthetic

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2
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Hostility or hatred

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Antipathy

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3
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Not interested; having no strong emotion towards

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Apathetic

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4
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Having no interest in politics, not political

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Apolitical

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5
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Intended to serve as a warning

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Cautionary

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To avoid by going around; bypass

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Circumvent

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7
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Having to do with business of a town or community

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Civic

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8
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Of or related to informal speech; conversational

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Colloquial

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9
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A coming together

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Congress

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10
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An image or idea associated with a word

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Connotation

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11
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Diligent and careful

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Conscientious

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12
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Wordy or sophisticated

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Cosmopolitan

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13
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To lower in dignity or esteem, insult

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Degrade

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14
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Having certain characteristics in common, such as race or gender

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Demographic

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15
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The dictionary definition of a word

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Denotation

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16
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To speak aloud in order that one’s words may be copied or recorded.
To give an order; to make necessary

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Dictate

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17
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Highly spirited; animated

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Effervescent

18
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Powerful and expressive

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Eloquent

19
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Calling forth a vivid image or impression

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Evocative

20
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Passionately excited or enthusiastic

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Fervent

21
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Drink; soak up

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Imbibe

22
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A curse

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Imprecation

23
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An attack on another’s territory; a raid

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Incursion

24
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Lazy; adverse to work

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Indolent

25
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Curious; asking many questions

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Inquisitive

26
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Dull; uninteresting

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Insipid

27
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Not based on reason or logic

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Irrational

28
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Style or action of speaking

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Locution

29
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A recital of words intended to harm; a curse

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Malediction

30
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Having en effect in a large area or region

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Pandemic

31
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Habit or type

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Persuasion

32
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Threatened or unsafe

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Precarious

33
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That which comes before; forerunner

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Precursor

34
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To rot; to decompose

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Putrefy

35
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To bring back into agreement

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Reconcile

36
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Help for a problem; a solution

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Recourse

37
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Act of ordering or demanding something

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Requisition

38
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Not obeying moral laws; unscrupulous

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Unconscionable

39
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Masculine; manly

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Virile

40
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Right action, moral goodness

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Virtue

41
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Someone extraordinarily skilled in a particular art

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Virtuoso

42
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Exhibiting harsh sharpness in speech or mood

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Acrimonious

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