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Lessons 4-6 Flashcards

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Aggrandize

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To increase in greatness, power, or wealth

Reduce

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Affable

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Courteous and pleasant

Surly

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Amorphous

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Shapeless; without definite form

Definite

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Archetype

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Original model on which something was patterned or replicated

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Aura

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Distinctive air or quality that surrounds something

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Contraband

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Illegal traffic, smuggled goods (n)
Illegal (adj)

Legal

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Erudite

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Scholarly

Uneducated

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Gossamer

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Thin, light, or delicate (adj)
Light cloth (n)

Dense

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Inscrutable

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Incapable of being understood

Comprehensible

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Insular

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Of or pertaining to an island; narrow minded in outlook or experience

Cosmopolitan

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Irrevocable

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Incapable of being changed or called back

Reversible

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Propensity

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Natural inclination or prediction toward

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Querulous

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Peevish, complaining

Uncomplaining

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Remonstrate

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Argue about someone against something

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Repudiate

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Disavow, reject, or deny the validity of

Avow

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Resilient

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Able to return to an original state or form

Rigid

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Reverberate

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To reecho, resounds

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Scurrilous

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Coarsely abusive, vulgar, or low in language

Tasteful

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Sleazy

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Thin or flimsy and texture, cheap

Superior

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Amnesty

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General pardon for an offense against a government official

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Autonomy

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Self government

Dependence

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Axiomatic

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Self-evident, universally accepted principal

Questioning

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Blazon

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To adored or embellish

Hide

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Caveat

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A warning or caution to prevent misunderstanding or discourage behavior

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Equitable

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Fair, just

Unjust

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Extricate

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To free from entanglements or difficulties

Enmesh

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Filch

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To steal especially in a sneaky way in petty amounts

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Flout

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To mock

Honor

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Fractious

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Tending to be troublesome

Cooperative

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Precept

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Rule of conduct or action

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Salutary

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Beneficial, helpful

Detrimental

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Scathing

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Bitterly severe withering; causing great heart

Mild

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Scourge

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To punish severely (v)
A cause of affliction or suffering (n)

Blessing

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Sepulchral

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Funeral; extremely gloomy or dismal

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Soporific

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Tending to cause sleep (adj)
Something that induces sleep (n)

Stimulating

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Straitlaced

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Extremely strict in regard to moral standards of conduct

Loose

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Transient

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Lasting on a short time, fleeing (adj)
one who stays only a short time (n)

Permanent

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Unwieldy

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Not easily carried, handled, or managed because of size or complexity

Manageable

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Vapid

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Dull, uninteresting

Zesty

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Anomalous

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Abnormal, irregular

Normal

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Aspersion

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Damaging or derogatory statement

Endorsement

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Bizarre

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Extremely strange

Normal

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Brusque

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Abrupt, blunt, without formalities

Tactful

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Cajole

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To coax, persuade through flattery

Coerce

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Castigate

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To punish or criticize severely

Honor

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Contrive

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To put ingenuity or bring about through a plan

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Demagogue

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A leader who exploits popular prejudices and false claims and promises in order to gain power

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Disabuse

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To free from deception, set right in thinking or ideas

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Ennui

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Weariness and dissatisfaction from lack of occupation or interest, boredom

Enthusiasm

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Fetter

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Chain or shackle placed on the feet, anything that prohibits (n)
To chain or shackle (v)

Liberate

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Heinous

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Very wicked, offensive, hateful

Excellent

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Immutable

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Not subject to change, constant

Changeable

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Insurgent

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One who rebels or rises against authority (n)
Rising in revolt (adj)

Loyal

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Megalomania

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Delusion marked by a feeling of power, wealth, talent far in excess of reality

Modesty

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Sinecure

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A position requiring little or no work; an easy job

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Surreptitious

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Stealthy, secret

Open

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Transgress

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To go beyond a limit or boundary

Obey

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Transmute

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To change her from one nature, substance, or form to another

Preserve

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Vicarious

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Performed, suffered, or otherwise experienced by one person in place of another

Actual

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Sedulous

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Persistent

Indolent

Sophomore Vocab (8 decks)

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