Lesson 5 Vocab Flashcards

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Ameliorate

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To make better
To relieve
To improve

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Acrimonious

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Caustic
Biting or rancorous
Language or manner

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Amenable

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Open or willing to follow advise or suggestion

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Amorphous

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Shapeless

Having no decimate form

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Buoyant

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Floating

Cheerful

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Cajole

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To persuade with flattery

To coax

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Calamity

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A serious event causing distress or misfortune

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Debase

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Degrade

To reduce in dignity or quality

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Efface

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To erase

To wear away

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Elucidate

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To make clear
To explain
To clear up

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Ephemeral

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Lasting a short amount of time

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Ferocity

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Savagery

Fierceness

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Flourish

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To thrive

To grow well

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Haughty

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Arrogant

Excessively proud

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Impervious

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Incapable of being entered or penetrated

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Inane

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Lacking significance or meaning
Silly
Insipid

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Indolence

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Laziness

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Infallible

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Incapable of error

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Inscrutable

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Difficult to understand

Mysterious

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Languid

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Slow

Sluggish

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Malice

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Desire to harm others

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Oblique

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Slanting
Indirect
Evasive
Misleading

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Opulence

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Wealth
Affluence
Abundance

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Penitent

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Showing feeling of regret for wrongdoing

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Perfunctory

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Acting routinely with little interest or care