GreWords6 Flashcards
2
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miasma
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pollution
3
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dyspepsia
A
poor digestion
4
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dictum
A
positive statement
5
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faculty
A
power, ability, skill
6
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dint
A
power, force
7
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clout
A
power, influence
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impotent
A
powerless
9
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laudable
A
praiseworthy
10
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foil
A
prevent a plan OR person who makes another person seem better
11
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emolument
A
profit, gain
12
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nostrum
A
quack medicine, supposed cure-all
13
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ken
A
range of knowledge
14
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headlong
A
recklessly, impulsively
15
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cognate
A
related
16
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germane
A
relevant, fitting
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loath
A
reluctant, unwilling
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compunction
A
remorse
19
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expurgate
A
remove offensive passages, cleanse
20
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deference
A
respect
21
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incumbent
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resting or lying down
22
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cadence
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rhythm, beat
23
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derision
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ridicule
24
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marquee
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rooflike shelter, projecting above an outer door
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donnybrook
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rough, rowdy fight
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circuitous
roundabout
27
churlish
rude
28
impertinent
rude, disrespectful
29
contumely
rudeness
30
lugubrious
sad, mournful
31
mordant
sarcastic, biting
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exiguous
scanty, small in quantity
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husbandry
science of rasing crops
34
contemptuous
scornful
35
cloistered
secluded
36
doyen
senior or eldest member
37
carnal
sensual
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divers
several
39
crucible
severe test
40
effrontery
shameful boldness
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ignominious
shameful, disgraceful
42
opprobrious
shameful, disgraceful
43
carapace
shell
44
effulgent
shining forth brilliantly
45
lurid
shocking, glowing, sensational
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jaunt
short trip
47
demure
shy
48
diffident
shy, modest
49
inane
silly, meaningless
50
guileless
sincere
51
incredulous
skeptical
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deft
skillful
53
firmament
sky, heavens
54
oblique
slanted, indirect
55
chattel
slave
56
legerdemain
sleight of hand, deception
57
dilatory
slow or late in doing things
58
cabal
small secret group
59
canter
smooth, easy pace
60
mellifluous
smoothly flowing, sweet-sounding
61
haughty
snobbish
62
pollution
miasma
63
poor digestion
dyspepsia
64
positive statement
dictum
65
power, ability, skill
faculty
66
power, force
dint
67
power, influence
clout
68
powerless
impotent
69
praiseworthy
laudable
70
prevent a plan OR person who makes another person seem better
foil
71
profit, gain
emolument
72
quack medicine, supposed cure-all
nostrum
73
range of knowledge
ken
74
recklessly, impulsively
headlong
75
related
cognate
76
relevant, fitting
germane
77
reluctant, unwilling
loath
78
remorse
compunction
79
remove offensive passages, cleanse
expurgate
80
respect
deference
81
resting or lying down
incumbent
82
rhythm, beat
cadence
83
ridicule
derision
84
rooflike shelter, projecting above an outer door
marquee
85
rough, rowdy fight
donnybrook
86
roundabout
circuitous
87
rude
churlish
88
rude, disrespectful
impertinent
89
rudeness
contumely
90
sad, mournful
lugubrious
91
sarcastic, biting
mordant
92
scanty, small in quantity
exiguous
93
science of rasing crops
husbandry
94
scornful
contemptuous
95
secluded
cloistered
96
senior or eldest member
doyen
97
sensual
carnal
98
several
divers
99
severe test
crucible
100
shameful boldness
effrontery
101
shameful, disgraceful
ignominious
102
shameful, disgraceful
opprobrious
103
shell
carapace
104
shining forth brilliantly
effulgent
105
shocking, glowing, sensational
lurid
106
short trip
jaunt
107
shy
demure
108
shy, modest
diffident
109
silly, meaningless
inane
110
sincere
guileless
111
skeptical
incredulous
112
skillful
deft
113
sky, heavens
firmament
114
slanted, indirect
oblique
115
slave
chattel
116
sleight of hand, deception
legerdemain
117
slow or late in doing things
dilatory
118
small secret group
cabal
119
smooth, easy pace
canter
120
smoothly flowing, sweet-sounding
mellifluous
121
snobbish
haughty
