Lessons 110 Vocab Flashcards by Erin Mancini

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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

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To work which imitates another in a ridiculous manner

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Adroit

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Skillful clever adj

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Affectation

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A phony attitude n

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Dichotomy

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A division into two parts n

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Laconic

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Using few words adj

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Macroscopic

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Visible to the naked eye adj

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Quiddity

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An essential quality n

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Rationalize

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To make an excuse for v

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Sagacious

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Wise adj

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Censure

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To criticize sharply v

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Deride

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To mock v

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Gibe

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To scoff to ridicule v

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Imperious

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Adj domineering

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Neologism

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A new word or expression n

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Eclectic

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Choosing from various sorted adj

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Idiosyncrasy

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A peculiar personality trait n

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Pejorative

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Having a negative effect insulting adj

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Sapient

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Wise

Full of knowledge adj

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Caveat

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A warning n

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Diadem

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A crown n

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Immutable

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Unchangeable fixed adj

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Onus

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A burden responsibility n

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Sedition

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A rebellion or resistance against the government n

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Parochial

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Local narrow limited adj

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Imprecations

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A curse n

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Effete

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Worn out barren adj