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Honors English vocab final Flashcards

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Adept

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(adj) Thoroughly skilled; (n) expert

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Aspire

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(v) to have ambitious hopes or plans, strive toward a higher goal, desire earnestly, to ascend

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Bleak

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(adj) bare, dreary, dismal

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Chide

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(v) to blame, scold

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Despicable

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(adj) worthy of scorn, contemptible

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Diminutive

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(adj) small, smaller than more other of the same type

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Emancipate

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(v) to free from slavery, to release or liberate

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Erroneous

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(adj) incorrect, containing mistakes

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Exploit

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(v) to make use of, develop; to make improper use of for personal profit; (n) a feat, deed

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Extemporaneous

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(adj) made or delivered on the spur of the moment

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Impair

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(v) to make imperfect, damage, harm

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Invincible

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(adj) not able to be defeated, unbeatable

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Languid

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(adj) drooping; without energy, sluggish

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Mire

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(n) mud; wet, swampy ground; a tough situation; (v) to get stuck

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Obtrusive

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(adj) forward; undesirably prominent; thrust out

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Preamble

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(n) An introduction to a speech or piece of writing

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Render

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(v) to cause to become; to perform, to deliver officially; to process, extract

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Rugged

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(adj) rough, irregular; severe, stern; strong; stormy

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Skeptical

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(adj) inclined to doubt; slow to accept something as true

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Slipshod

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(adj) untidy in dress, personal habits; careless, sloppy

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Brevity

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(n) shortness

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Comport

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(v) to conduct oneself, behave; to be in agreement

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Concise

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(adj) expressing much in a few words

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Demure

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(adj) sober or serious in manner, modest

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Depreciation

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(n) a lessening in value, a belittling

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Deteriorate

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(v) to lower in quality or value, to wear away

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Divulge

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(v) to tell, reveal; to make public

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Enlightened

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(adj) Free from ignorance and false ideas; possessing sound understanding

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Forestall

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(v) to prevent by acting first

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Garble

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(v) to distort in such a way as to make unintelligible

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Proponent

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(n) one who puts forward a proposal; one who supports a cause or belief

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Quaver

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(v) to shake, tremble; to trill

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Recoil

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(v) to spring back, shrink; (n) the act of springing back

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Recoup

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(v) to make up for, regain

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Reek

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(n) an unpleasant smell; (v) to give off unpleasant smells; to give a strong impression

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Relentless

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(adj) unyielding, harsh, without pity

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Rivulet

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(n) a small stream

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Squander

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(v) to spend foolishly, waste

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Staccato

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(adj) detached or disconnected in sound or style

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Statute

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(n) a law

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Appreciable

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(adj) sufficient to be noticed or measured

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Autocratic

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(adj) absolute in power or authority

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Blanch

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(v) to remove the color from; to make or turn pale, or boil

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Blasphemy

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(n) an act, utterance, or writing showing contempt for something sacred

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Brawny

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(adj) strong, muscular

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Concerted

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(adj) planned or performed in cooperation with others

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Contend

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(v) to fight; to compete; to argue

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Humane

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(adj) kind, merciful

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Illustrious

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(adj) very famous, distinguished

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Intolerable

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(adj) unbearable

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Irreverent

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(adj) disrespectful

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Laborious

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(adj) not easy, requiring hard work, hardworking

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Lithe

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(adj) bending easily, limber

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Maltreat

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(v) to abuse, use roughly or crudely

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Ponder

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(v) to consider carefully, reflect on

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Subversive

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(adj) intended to undermine or overthrow; (n) one who advocates or attempts to undermine a political system

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Synthetic

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(adj) made or put together by people; (n) something artificial

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Temperate

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(adj) mild, moderate

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Venomous

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(adj) poisonous; spiteful, mean

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Wily

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(adj) sly, shrewd, cunning

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