Finals Flashcards by Jorge Miro-Quesada | Brainscape

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Effervescent

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Highly spirited

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Disreputable

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Not respectable, bad reputation

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Conciliatory

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Intended to lessen another’s anger

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Annotate

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To explain or discuss through a note

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Malediction

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A recital of words intended to harm

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Excruciating

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Extremely painful

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Tangible

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Able to be grasped or perceived

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Glutton

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One who wants or takes to much

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Admonition

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Gentle scolding

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Sentiment

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A feeling about something

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Inquisitive

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Curious, asking many questions

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Evocative

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Calling forth a vivid image or impression

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Colloquial

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Of or related to informal speech, conversational

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Prescient

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Showing knowledge of events before they happen

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Despondent

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Lacking all hope

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Palatable

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Acceptable, satisfactory

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Rancid

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Rotten, spoiled

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Precaution

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An action taken against danger ahead of time

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Irrational

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Not based on reason or logic

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Imprecation

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A curse

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Declaim

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To speak loudly and with feeling

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Aesthetic

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Having to do with beauty or order

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Abrogate

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To cancel, to repeal

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Stagnant

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Unhealthy due to lack of movement

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Erroneous

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Wrong or inaccurate

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Degrade

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To lower in dignity or esteem

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Circumvent

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To avoid by going around

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Incursion

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An attack or raid on others territory

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Indolent

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Lazy, averse to work

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Antipathy

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Hostility or hatred

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Dissuade

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To convince one not to do something

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Olfactory

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Having to do with sense of smell

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Virile

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Manly

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Pandemic

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Having an effect on a large area or region

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Apolitical

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Having no interest in politics, not political

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Civility

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Politeness or courteousness

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Acrid

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Stinging or biting in odor or taste

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Avarice

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desire for wealth, greed

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Insipid

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Dull, uninteresting

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Odoriferous

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Giving off an odor