High Freq Words - I Flashcards

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abate

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become less in amount or intensity

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2
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chicanery

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the use of tricks to deceive someone

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3
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disseminate

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spread or disperse

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4
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gainsay

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take exception to

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5
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latent

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potentially existing but not presently evident or realized

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aberrant

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markedly different from an accepted norm

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coagulate

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change from a liquid to a thickened or solid state

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dissolution

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separation into component parts

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garrulous

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full of trivial conversation

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laud

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praise, glorify, or honor

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abeyance

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temporary cessation or suspension

a state of temporary disuse or suspension.

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12
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coda

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the closing section of a musical composition

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13
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dissonance

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disagreeable sounds

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14
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goad

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stab or urge on as if with a pointed stick

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lethargic

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deficient in alertness or activity

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abscond

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run away, often taking something or somebody along

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cogent

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powerfully persuasive

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distend

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cause to expand as if by internal pressure

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19
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gouge

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an impression in a surface, as made by a blow

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20
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levee

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an embankment built to prevent a river from overflowing

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abstemious

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not self-indulgent, especially when eating

marked by temperance in indulgence

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commensurate

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corresponding in size or degree or extent

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distill

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undergo condensation

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grandiloquent

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lofty in style

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levity
a manner lacking seriousness
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admonish
scold or reprimand; take to task
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compendium
a publication containing a variety of works
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diverge
move or draw apart
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gregarious
of a person) fond of company; sociable. | temperamentally seeking and enjoying the company of others
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log
a segment of the trunk of a tree when stripped of branches
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adulterate
make impure by adding a foreign or inferior substance
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complaisant
showing a cheerful willingness to do favors for others
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divest
take away possessions from someone
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guileless
free of deceit
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loquacious
full of trivial conversation
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aesthetic
characterized by an appreciation of beauty or good taste
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compliant
disposed to act in accordance with someone's wishes
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luminous
softly bright or radiant
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harangue
a loud bombastic declamation expressed with strong emotion
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dogmatic
pertaining to a code of beliefs accepted as authoritative
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conciliatory
making or willing to make concessions
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aggregate
a sum total of many heterogeneous things taken together
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lucid
transparently clear; easily understandable
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gullible
naive and easily deceived or tricked
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document
a representation of a person's thinking with symbolic marks
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alacrity
liveliness and eagerness
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condone
excuse, overlook, or make allowances for
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dormant
inactive but capable of becoming active
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homogeneous
all of the same or similar kind or nature
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magnanimity
nobility and generosity of spirit
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alleviate
provide physical relief, as from pain