List 2 Flashcards

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abate

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to lessen in intensity; reduce

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accolade

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an expression of praise

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adulation

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excessive praise; intense adoration; kudos

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aesthetic

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dealing with, responsive to art or the beautiful

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ameliorate

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to make better; improve

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ascetic

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one who practices rigid self-denial; austere

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avarice

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greed

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axiom

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universally recognized principle; maxim

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bucolic

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rustic and pastoral; uncouth(Lacking Good Manners)

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burgeon

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to grow rapidly or flourish

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cacophony

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harsh, discordant sound; vociferous

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canon

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an established set of principles or code of laws, often religious in nature

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castigation

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severe criticism or punishment; vituperation

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catalyst

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substance that accelerates the rate of chemical reaction without itself changing

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caustic

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burning or stinging; causing corrosion; acerbic

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chary

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wary; cautious

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cogent

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logically concrete and clear

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complaissance

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the willingness to comply with the wishes of the others

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contentious

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argumentative; quarrelsome

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contrite

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regretful; seeking forgiveness

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culpable

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deserving blame

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dearth

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scarcity; paucity

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demur

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to question or oppose

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didactic

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intended to teach or instruct

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discretion
ability to make responsible decisions; cautious reserve in speech
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disinterested
free of bias or self-interest; impartial
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dogmatic
expressing a rigid opinion based on unproved principles
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ebullience
the quality of lively or enthusiastic expression of thoughts or feelings
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eclectic
composed of elements drawn from various sources
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elegy
mournful poem
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emollient
soothing
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empirical
based on observation or experiment
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enigmatic
mysterious; obscure
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ephemeral
brief; transient; Evanescent
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esoteric
intended for or understood by a small, specific group
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eulogy
speech honoring dead
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exonerate
to remove blame; exculpate; vindictive
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facetious
playful; humorous
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fallacy
invalid or incorrect notion; mistaken belief
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furtive
marked by stealth; covert; surreptitious; clandestine
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gregarious
sociable; outgoing
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harangue
to deliver a critical speech
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heretical
violating acceptable dogma or convention
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hyperbole
an exaggerated statement
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impecunious
lacking funds; without money
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incipient
beginning to come into being
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inert
unmoving; lethargic; sluggish
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innocuous
harmless; causing no damage
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intransigent
refusing to compromise; obstinate; stubborn
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inveigle
to obtain by deception or flattery
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morose
sad; sullen; melancholy
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odious
evoking intense aversion or dislike
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opaque
impenetrable by light
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oscillation
the act of swinging back and forth steadily
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penurious
penny-pinching; excessively thrifty
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pernicious
extremely harmful
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peruse
to examine with great care
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pious
showing strong religious devout
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precursor
one that precedes and indicates another
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preen
to dress up; to primp; to groom oneself with elaborate care
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prodigious
extraordinary
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prolific
productive
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putrefy
to rot; to decay and give off foul odor
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quaff
to drink deeply
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quiescence
stillness; motionless
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redoubtable
awe-inspiring; worthy of honor
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sanction
to give permission or authority to
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satire
a literary work that ridicules or criticizes a human vice through humor or derision
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squalid
sordid; wretched and dirty as from neglect
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stoic
indifferent or unaffected by pleasure or pain; steadfast
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supplant
to take the place of; supersede
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torpid
lethargic; dormant
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ubiquitous
existing everywhere at the same time; widespread; omnipresent
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urbane
sophisticated
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vilify
to defame; slander
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viscous
thick; sticky