Flocabulary Flashcards
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Ameliorate
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To make something better
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Sycophant
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A kiss up
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Loquacious
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Wordy
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Tomes
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A large book
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Upbraided
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To scold
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Disparage
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To speak ill of
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Cavort
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Focus
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Deft
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Skilled
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Recalcitrant
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Resisting authority
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Cosmopolitan
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Free from national ideas
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Neologism
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To make new words
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Fatuous
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Very exaggerated, big
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Licentious
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Sexually unrestrained
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Impecunious $$$
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Having little or no money
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Algid
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Cold
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Ratiocinate
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To reason
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Hiatus
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An interruption
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Innocuous
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Not harmful
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Cacophony
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Harsh discordance of sound
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Sacrosanct
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Extremely sacred or inviolable
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Defunct
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No longer in effect or use
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Preponderance
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To be superior
Weight, force, influence etc.
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Facile
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Easily done
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Enervated
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To weaken
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Forlorn
Lonely, hopeless
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Despondent
Discouraged, hopeless, depressed
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Desolate
Deserted, lifeless
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Abscond
To sneak away and hide
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Enervate
To weaken
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Taciturn
Not inclined to talk
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Austere
Very bare, simple
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Formidable
Arousing fear or alarm
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Recoubtable
Commanding respect
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Reel
Feel dizzy, thrown off balance
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Quaint
Old fashioned
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Ascetic
To practice self discipline. Usually religious
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Strenuous
Requiring alot of strength or energy
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Harrowing
Agonizing
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Agoraphobia (opp. Of claustra)
An abnormal fear of open or publice places
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Sobriety
Calm, tranquility
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Sedate
To calm, sooth
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Anxiety
Stress, uneasiness
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Assuage
To ease, pacify
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Allay
To sooth, assuage
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Pacify
To sooth, ease
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Exacerbate
To make more violant or intense
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Dilapidated
In a state of disrepair
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Reprehensible
Deserving criticism
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Raze
To demolish
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Affluent
Rich, wealthy
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Renovate
To restore, return to original state
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Requisition
A demand for goods
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Derelict
Run down, abandoned
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Domicile
A home
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Abject (of the)
Of the most miserable kind
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Destitute
To have nothing
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Abhor
To hate
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Harmony
Good sound
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Impervious (not)
Not allowing entrance
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Coalesce
To grow together
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Apocalypse
The end of the world
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Juxtapose
To place side by side
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Exerting
To put forth strength
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Indictments
Criticism
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Terse
Using few words
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Scourge
To look hard
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amalgamation
Combination
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Cavities
An unfilled space within a mass
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Diverse
Differing from one another
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Connotations
Implying something
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Dissonance
A lack of agreement
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Mores
Moral attitude
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Maudlin
Drunk
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Saccharine (coffee)
Sweet
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Sanguine
Happy
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Accentuate (e)
To emphasize
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Orations
A speech in a formal manner
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Ameliorate
To make better
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Differentiate
To show difference in
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Variegate
To give interest to
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Copious
Plentiful
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Discrete
Suddle
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Confluence
A flowing together
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Confound
Destroy
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Concord
A state of agreement
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Collusion
Secret agreement
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Retract
Withdraw
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Feral
Savage, wild
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Daunting
Intimidating
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Defame
Hurt someone
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Chastise
To criticize severely
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Alleviate
Relieve
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Choreographed
Structured dance move
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Fawn
Make a fuss
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Diaphanous
See through
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Extol
Phase
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Lethargic
Lazy
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Benign
Kind
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Comatose (coma)
In a coma
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Impudent (carter)
Dissrespectful
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Mendacious
Lying
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Apparitional
Like a ghost
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Puerile
Immature
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Juvenile
Youthful
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Camaraderie
Good fellowship
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Conciliatory
To give in, agreeable
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Limpid
Liquidy, clear
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Munificent (SUPER)
SUPER generous
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Envious
Jealous
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Grandiose
Large, snobby
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Libel
Written word
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Inclement
Bad weather
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Linchpin
Piece of a car that holds axle and wheel together
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Idolatrous
To worship
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Maligns
To talk bad about someone
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Guile
Lyes
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Bilks
Cheats
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Telepathic
Mind reader
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Soothsayer
Fortune teller
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Seer
Predict the future
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Inveterate
Veteran, non amateur
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Delude
To decieve
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Compelled
To force or drive
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Elucidate
To talk about or list
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Calumny
Famous for bad reasons
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Gilded
Painted with gold
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Inextricable
Can't get out of it
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Manifested
Showed itself
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Weather
To last through
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Surreptitiously
Secretly, sneaky
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Spectral
Ghost like
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Slander
Spoken word
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Concocting (an story)
To make up
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Indignation
Angry, frustrated
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Patently
Clearly
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Jubilant
Always having fun
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Discreetly
Suddle
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Alacrity
Ease, easy
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Erecting
To build something
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Meager
Small
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Magnanimous
'Gester' generous
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Affable, amiable
Friendly
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Hierarchy
Different levels
