Final- Vocab Flashcards

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eloquence

A

expressiveness

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pensive

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expressing deep thoughtfulness

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3
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venerable

A

worthy of respect

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4
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inanimate

A

not alive, lifeless

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5
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venerable

A

commanding respect

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6
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pathos

A

quality that arouses pity, sorrow, or sympathy in others

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7
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impertinent

A

not showing proper respect, saucy

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8
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obstinacy

A

stubbornness

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9
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imperceptible

A

not easy to perceive, unnoticeable

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10
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importunate

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insistent

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11
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munificent

A

generous

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12
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equivocal

A

having more than one possible interpretation

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13
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specious

A

seeming to be but not actually sound

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14
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anomalous

A

odd, out of the ordinary

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15
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sentience

A

capacity for feeling

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16
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pedestrian

A

going on foot, walking

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17
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impulsive

A

done without thinking

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18
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inarticulate

A

unclearly spoken or expressed

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19
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inscrutable

A

difficult to know or understand

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20
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maledictions

A

curses

21
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prescient

A

having foreknowledge

22
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perpetual

A

lasting forever

23
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decorum

A

rightness suitability

24
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tranquil

A

calm, quiet, still

25
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conviction

A

strong belief

26
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chaos

A

disorder of matter and space, supposed to have existed before the ordered universe

27
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aversion

A

object arousing an intense dislike

28
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absolve

A

pardon, free from guilt

29
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dilapidated

A

in disrepair

30
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sublime

A

noble, majestic

31
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superfluous

A

excessive, not necessary

32
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magnanimity

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generosity

33
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expedient

A

resource

34
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alacrity

A

speed

35
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surmised

A

guessed, concluded

36
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eternity

A

time with out beginning or end

37
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interposed

A

came between

38
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affliction

A

anything causing pain or distress

39
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ample

A

large in size, more than enough

40
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finite

A

having measurable or definable limits

41
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infinity

A

endless or unlimited space, time, or distance

42
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stirring

A

busy, full of energy

43
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abeyance

A

temporary suspension

44
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effuse

A

pour out

45
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bequeath

A

hand down or pass on

46
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stealthily

A

slyly or secretively

47
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robust

A

strong and healthy, full of life

48
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efface

A

erase, wipe out