Hot-Prospect Words 1 Flashcards by Charly Oscanoa | Brainscape

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accolade

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award of merit

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abate

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subside; decrease, lessen

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acquiesce

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assent; agree without protesting

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acrid

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sharp; bitterly pungent

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acrimonious

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bitter in words or manner

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aggregate

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gather; accumulate

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amorphous

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formless; lacking shape or definition

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anachronistic

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having an error involving time in a story

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anomaly

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irregularity

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antediluvian

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antiquated; extremely ancient

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antipathy

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aversion; dislike

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apocryphal

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untrue; made up

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arable

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fit for growing crops

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ardent

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intense; passionate; zealous

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assiduous

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diligent

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assuage

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ease or lessen (pain); satisfy (hunger); soothe (anger)

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atrophy

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waste away

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audacious

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daring; bold

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avarice

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greediness for wealth

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avert

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prevent; turn away

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beguile

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mislead or delude; pass time

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bequeath

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leave to someone by a will; hand down

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bleak

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cold or cheerless; unlikely to be favorable

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blighted

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suffering from a disease; destroyed

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bombastic

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pompous; using inflated language

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buttress

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support; prop up

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cacophonous

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discordant; inharmonious

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carping

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finding fault

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certitude

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certainty

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charlatan

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quack; pretender to knowledge

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circumlocution

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indirect or roundabout expression

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cliché

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phrase dulled in meaning by repetition

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coalesce

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combine; fuse

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colloquial

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pertaining to conversational or common speech

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combustible

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easily burned