List 9 (30 words) Flashcards

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Aberration

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Something not typical, expected

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Abject

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Hopeless, defeated

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3
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Admonish

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To scold gently

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4
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Adroit

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Skillful

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5
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Agnostic

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One who believes that the existence of a god can be neither proven nor disproven

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6
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Aloof

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Uninvolved

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7
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Concord

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Harmony or agreement

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8
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Conducive

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Promoting

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9
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Congenial

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Iiked on account of having qualities that are similar to one’s own

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10
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Corollary

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Something that follows

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11
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Despot

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An absolute ruler

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12
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Deride

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To ridicule

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13
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Deference

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Polite submission

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14
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Dictum

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An authoritative saying

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15
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Enervate

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To reduce the strength or energy of

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16
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Enfranchise

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To give the right to vote

17
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Epigram

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A brief and usually witty saying

18
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Erudite

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Deeply learned

19
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Engender

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To bring into existence

20
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Ethereal

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Heavenly

21
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Facile

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Fluent

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Farcical

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Absurd

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Fecund

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Fertile

24
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Flout

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To disregard something out of disrespect

25
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Genteel

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Refined

26
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Guile

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Cunning

27
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Hapless

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Unlucky

28
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Homily

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Sermon

29
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Homogeneous

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Of the same kind

30
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Illicit

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Illegal