Lessons 110 Vocab Flashcards
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Factious
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Causing disagreement adj
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Altruism
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A concern for others, generosity n
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Ignoble
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Dishonorable shameful adj
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Rectify
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To correct
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Antithesis
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An exact opposite n
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Chagrin
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Embarrassment n
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Nihilism
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A Total rejection of established laws n
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Adventitious
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Accidental nonessential adj
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Deviate
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To turn aside from a course v
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Obscuscate
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To confuse v
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Besmirch
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To make dirty to stain v
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Fortuitous
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Happening by accident adj
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Facetious
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Comical adj
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Quasi-
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Resembling seeming adj
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Sacrosanct
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Extremely holy adj
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Bowdlerize
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To remove offensive passages censor v
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Ebullient
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Enthusiastic adj
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Non sequitur
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Something that does not logically follow n
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Amoral
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Lacking sense of right and wrong adj
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Banal
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Common ordinary adj
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Bedlam
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A noisy uproar n
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Denouement
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An outcome result n
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Elucidate
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To make clear v
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Obdurate
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Stubborn adj
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Parody
To work which imitates another in a ridiculous manner
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Adroit
Skillful clever adj
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Affectation
A phony attitude n
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Dichotomy
A division into two parts n
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Laconic
Using few words adj
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Macroscopic
Visible to the naked eye adj
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Quiddity
An essential quality n
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Rationalize
To make an excuse for v
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Sagacious
Wise adj
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Censure
To criticize sharply v
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Deride
To mock v
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Gibe
To scoff to ridicule v
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Imperious
Adj domineering
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Neologism
A new word or expression n
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Eclectic
Choosing from various sorted adj
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Idiosyncrasy
A peculiar personality trait n
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Pejorative
Having a negative effect insulting adj
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Sapient
Wise
| Full of knowledge adj
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Caveat
A warning n
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Diadem
A crown n
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Immutable
Unchangeable fixed adj
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Onus
A burden responsibility n
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Sedition
A rebellion or resistance against the government n
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Parochial
Local narrow limited adj
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Imprecations
A curse n
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Effete
Worn out barren adj
