Glossary Flashcards by kenja james

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Austere

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Sever or stern in appearance

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Apathy

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Lack of interest or emotion

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Audacious

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Fearless and daring

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Antipathy

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Extreme dislike

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Antagonize

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To annoy or provoke to anger

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Adulterate

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To make impure

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Aggrandize

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To increase in power, influence and reputation

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Archaic

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Ancient, old fashion

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Candid

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Straight forward and honest in speech

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Chaos

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Great disorder or confusion

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Condone

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To overlook, pardon or disregard

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Bombastic

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Pompous in speech and manner

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Catalyst

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Something that brings about change in something

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Crescendo

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Gradually increasing in volume or force

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Banal

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Predictable, cliche, boring

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Assuage

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To make something unpleasant less severe

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Abate

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To increase in amount, degree or severity

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Ameliorate

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To make better, to improve

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Anomaly

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Deviation from what is normal

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Articulate

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Able to speak clearly and expressively

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Abyss

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A very deep hole

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Abstain

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To choose not to do something

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Abscond

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To leave secretly

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Anachronism

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Something out of place in time

Ambiguous

Doubtful or uncertain. Able to be interpreted in many ways

Amalgamate

To combine or mix together

Alleviate

To make bearable

Arbitrate

To judge a despite between two opposing parties

Aesthetic

Concerning the appreciation of beauty

Ardor

Intense and passionate feeling

Advocate

To speak in favour of

Analogous

Similar or alike in someway

Cacophony

Loud or jarring noise

Cogent

Convincing and well rehearsed

Credulous

Too trusting, gullible

Chicanery

Deception by means of craft or guile

Castigate

To punish or criticize harshly

Convoluted

Intricate and complicated

Corroborate

To provide supporting evidence

Bolster

To support or prop up

Capricious

Changing ones mind quickly and often

Chauvinist

Someone prejudice in favour of a group in which they belong

Attenuate

To reduce in force or degree, to weaken