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Hard Words 5 Flashcards

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Anodyne

A

something that calms or soothes pain

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Apogee

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the highest point

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Apothegm

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a terse, witty saying

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Appellation

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a name

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Apposite

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strikingly relevant and appropiate

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Apprise

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to inform

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Craven

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cowardly

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Credo

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statement of belief or principle; creed

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Abstentious

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self-restraining; not indulging an appetite especially for food or drink

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Froward

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difficult to deal with; contrary

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Misconceived

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wrongly or badly planned or judged

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Prescient

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able to foresee the future

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Querulous

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full of complaints

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Predilection

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bias, proclivity

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Specious

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superficially, plausible, pleasing

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Improvident

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not having or showing foresight; spendthrift or thoughtless

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Lithesome

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lissome, easily flexed, nimble, or flexible

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Piquant

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having a pleasantly sharp taste or appetizing flavor

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Flout

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to openly disregard

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Somber

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dark or dull in tone or color; having or conveying a feeling of deep seriousness and sadness

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Peremptory

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insisting on immediate attention or obedience, especially in a brusque or imperious way

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Lugubrious

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looking or sounding sad and dismal

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Assay

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the testing of a metal or ore to determine its ingredients and quality; to attempt

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Germane

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relating to a matter at hand, especially to subject under discussion

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Routed

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defeated and cause to retreat in disorder

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Caterwaul

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to make a very loud and unpleasant sound; to protest or complain nosily

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Bona Fide

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genuine; real

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Pallid

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(of a person’s face) pale, typically because of poor health; feeble or insipid

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Incontinently

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without moral restraint (lewdly); without due or reasonable consideration

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Abnegation

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the act of renouncing or rejecting something

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Perforce

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used to express necessity or inevitability

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Deliquesce

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(of organic matter) become liquid, typically during decomposition

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Contrivance

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the use of skill to bring something about or create something; a device, especially in literary or artistic composition, which gives a sense of artificiality

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Palpitation

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a noticeably rapid, strong, or irregular heartbeat due to agitation, exertion, or illness

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Begrimed

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blacked with ingrained dirt

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Presage

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to foretell; indicate in advance

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Preternatural

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beyond the normal course of nature; supernatural

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Prevaricate

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to quibble; to evade the truth

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Probity

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honesty; high-mindedness

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Propitiate

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to win over; appease

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Propriety

A

correct conduct; fitness

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Provident

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providing for future needs; frugal

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Puissant

A

powerful

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Punctilious

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careful in observing rules of behavior or ceremony

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Purport

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to profess; suppose; claim

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Pusillanimous

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cowardly

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Quiescent

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inactive; still

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Quorum

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number of members necessary to conduct a meeting

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Raconteur

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witty, skillful storyteller

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Raiment

A

clothing

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