Hot Prospect Words 2 Flashcards by Charly Oscanoa | Brainscape

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confluence

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flowing together; crowd

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complementary

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serving to complete something

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conjecture

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surmise; guess

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converge

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approach; tend to meet; come together

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corrode

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destroy by chemical action

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corrugated

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wrinkled; ridged

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culpable

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deserving blame

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debilitate

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weaken; enfeeble

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debunk

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expose as false, exaggerated, worthless, etc; ridicule

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dehydrate

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remove water from; dry out

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deleterious

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harmful

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depose

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dethrone; remove from office

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desiccate

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dry up

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diffidence

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shyness

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dilatory

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delaying

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discourse

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formal discussion; conversation

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discrepancy

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lack of consistency; difference

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disquiet

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make uneasy or anxious

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distend

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expand; swell out

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dupe

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someone easily fooled

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ebullient

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showing excitement; overflowing with enthusiasm

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edify

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instruct; correct morally

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efface

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rub out

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effervescence

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inner excitement or exuberance; bubbling from fermentation or carbonation

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elegy

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poem or song expressing lamentation

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elicit

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draw out by discussion

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elucidate

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explain; enlighten

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emaciated

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thin and wasted

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emend

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correct; correct by a critic

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equanimity

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calmness of temperament; composure

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equitable

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fair; impartial

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evanescent

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fleeting; vanishing

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excerpt

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selected passage (written or musical)

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fallow

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plowed but now sowed; uncultivated

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falter

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hesitate