Lesson 5 Flashcards
1
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Caustic
A
Acrimonious
2
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To make better, to relieve, to improve
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Ameliorate
3
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Open to or willing to follow advice or suggestion, tractable, malleable
A
Amenable
4
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Shapeless, having no definite form
A
Amorphous
5
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Capable of floating; cheerful
A
Buoyant
6
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To persuade with deliberate flattery, to coax, to wheedle
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Cajole
7
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A serious event causing distress or misfortune
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Calamity
8
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To reduce in dignity or quality
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Debase
9
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To erase, to wear away
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Efface
10
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To make clear, to explain
A
Elucidate
11
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Lasting a short period of time, fleeting
A
Ephemeral
12
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Savagery
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Ferocity
13
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To grove, to grow well
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Flourish
14
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Arrogant, excessively proud and vain
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Haughty
15
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Incapable of being entered or penetrated, not capable of being damaged
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Impervious
