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Honors English vocab 2nd semester Flashcards

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Abscond

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To run off and hide.

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Access

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Approach admittance to places, persons, things; an increase; v. to get at, obtain

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Anarchy

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N.a lack of government and law; confusion

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Arduous

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Adj. Hard to do, requiring much effort

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Auspicious

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Adj. Favorable, fortunate

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Biased

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Adj. Favoring one side unduly, prejudiced

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Daunt

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V. To overcome with fear, intimidate, to dishearten, discourage

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Disentangle

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V. To free from tangles or complications

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Fated

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Adj. Determined in advance by destiny or fortune

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Hoodwink

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V. To mislead by tricks, decieve

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Inanimate

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Adj. Not having life; without energy or spirit

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Incinerate

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V.to burn to ashes

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Intrepid

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Adj. Very brave, fearless, unshakable

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Larceny

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N. Theft

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Pliant

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Adj. Bending easily, easily influenced

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Pompous

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Adj. Overly self-important in speech and manner, excessively stately or ceremonial

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Precipice

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N. Very steep cliff, the brink or edge of disaster

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Rectify

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V. To make right, correct

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Reprieve

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N. A temporary relief or delay; v. To grant a postponement

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Revile

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V. To attack with words, call bad names

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Accomplice

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N. A person who takes part in a crime

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Annihilate

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V. To destroy completely

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Arbitrary

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Adj unreasonable, based on ones wishes without regard for reason or fairness.

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Brazen

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(adj.) shameless, impudent; made of brass

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Catalyst

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(n) a substance that causes or hastens a chemical reaction; any agent that causes change

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Exodus

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(n.) a large-scale departure or flight

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Facilitate

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V. To make easier, to assist

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Incorrigible

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(adj) not able to be corrected; beyond control

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Latent

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(adj.) hidden, present but not realized

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Militant

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(adj.) given to fighting; active and aggressive in support of a cause; (n.) an activist

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Morose

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(adj) having a gloomy or sullen manner; not friendly or sociable

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Opaque

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(adj.) not letting light through; not clear or lucid; dense, stupid

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Paramount

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(adj.) chief in importance, above all others

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Prattle

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(v) to talk in an aimless, foolish, or simple way; to babble; (n) baby talk, babble

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Rebut

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(v.) to offer arguments or evidence that contradicts an assertion; to refute

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Reprimand

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(v.) to scold; find fault with; (n.) a rebuke

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Servitude

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(n.) slavery, forced labor

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Slapdash

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(adj.) careless and hasty

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Stagnant

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(adj.) not running or flowing; foul from standing still; inactive, sluggish, dull

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Succumb

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(v.) to give way to superior force, yield

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Atone

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(v.) to make up for

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Bondage

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N. Slavery; any state of being bound or held

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Credible

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(adj.) believable

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Defray

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(v.) to pay for

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Diligent

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(adj) hardworking, industrious, not lazy

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Doleful

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(adj) sad; dreary

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Ghastly

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(adj.) frightful, horrible; deathly pale

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Hamper

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(v) to hold back

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Hew

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(v) to shape or cut down with an ax; to hold to

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Impoverished

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(adj) poor, in a state of poverty; depleted

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Incessant

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(adj) never stopping, going on all the time

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Intricate

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(adj.) complicated; difficult to understand

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Lucid

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(adj.) easy to understand, clear; rational, sane

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Posthumous

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(adj.) occurring or published after death

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Prim

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(Adj.) overly neat, precise, proper, or formal, prudish

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Sardonic

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(adj.) grimly or scornfully mocking, bitterly sarcastic

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Superfluous

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(adj.) exceeding what is sufficient or required, excess

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Supplant

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(v.) to take the place of, supersede

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Taunt

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(v.) to jeer at, mock; (n.) an insulting or mocking remark

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Tenacious

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(adj) holding fast; holding together firmly; persistent

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