Group 33 Vocabulary Flashcards
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Ameliorate
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(v.) to make or become better, more bearable, or more satisfactory; improve
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Capitulate
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(v.) to surrender, give in to
3
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Desecration
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(n.) the act of depriving something of its sacred character
4
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Exonerates
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(v.) removes blame
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Impoverished
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(adj.) reduced to poverty; poor
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Lukewarm
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(adj.) indifferent; neither hot nor cold
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Ossify
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(v.) to turn to bone; to become rigid or inflexible in habits, attitudes, opinions, etc.
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Preclude
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(v.) to make impossible
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Sanctimonious
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(adj.) making a show of being morally superior to other people; hypocritically holy
10
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Tumult
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(n.) uproar, general outbreak, riot, uprising
