First 50 Flashcards by Kareem Ragab

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Chicanery

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to trick

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Disseminate

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to spread or become widely known

(spread your SEED)

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Gainsay

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to deny or contradict

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Latent

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potentially existing but not realized

(late to realized)

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Aberrant

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different than normal

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Coagulate

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to come together/ change from liquid to solid

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Dissolution

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a conclusion

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Garrulous

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very talkative (i.e. Loquacious)

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Laud

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praise or glorify

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Abeyance

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temporary suspension

(cop got abeyanced)

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Coda

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the closing section of musical composition

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Dissonance

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no harmony of sounds

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Goad

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to poke at to invoke action

GO take action pls

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Lethargic

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sleepy or sluggishness

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Abscond

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run away, usually taking something or someone

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Cogent

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very persuasive

the GENTleman is persuasive

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Distend

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cause to expand bc of internal pressure (stomach)

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Levee

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structure to stop a river from flowing

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Abstemious

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very tight moderation with eating/drinking

think of ABStinence (sex term)

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Commensurate

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equal in size or proportion

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Grandiloquent `

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lofty in style, pompous

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Levity

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not serious

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Admonish

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to yell at or scold

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Compendium

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a collection of information

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Diverge

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to move apart

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Gregarious

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sociable and likes to be around people

GREG is social

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Adulterate

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make impure with an inferior substance

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Complaisant

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willing to do favors for others

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Divest

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to take possessions away from someone

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Guileless

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innocent and honest

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Loquacious

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very talkative (i.e Garrulous)

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Aesthetic

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visually appealing

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Lucid

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transparent and understandable

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Conciliatory

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yielding

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Dogmatic

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principles that are undeniably true

DAWG speakin fax

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Harangue

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loud speech with a lot of emotion

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Luminous

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soft and bright light

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Alacrity

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lively and eager

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Magnanimity

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charitable and great in heart