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list H Flashcards

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Euphonious

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adj. pleasant-sounding: pleasant in soud; agreeable to the ear

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melodious

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adj. pleasant-sounding

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sonorous

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adj. pleasant-sounding: giving out or capable of giving out a sound.

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destitute

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v. adj. poor: without means of subsistence; lacking food, clothing and shelter.

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Esurient

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adj. poor. hungry; greedy

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impecunious

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adj. poor: having little or no money

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indigent

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adj. poor: lacking food, clothing and other necessities of life because of poverty.

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acclaim

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v. praise: to welcome or salute with shouts or sounds of joy and approval

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accolade

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n. praise: any award honor or laudatory notice.

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aggrandize

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v. praise. to widen in scope, increase in size or intensity. to make great or greater in power

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encomium

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n. priase: a formal expression of high praise; eulogy

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eulogize

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v. praise. to praise highly

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extol

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v. praise: to praise highly

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fawn

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v . praise: to seek notice or favor by servile demeanor

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laud

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v. to praise

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venerate

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v. praise: to regard or treat with reverence. to hold in deep respect

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augur

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v. predict: to divine or predict

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auspice

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n. predict: a favorable sign or propitious circumstance

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fey

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adj.predict: supernatural; unreal; enchanted. fated to dead.

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harbinger

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n. predict: a person who goes ahead and makes known the approach of another. herald. anything that foreshadows a future event.

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portentous

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adj. predict: marvelous; amazing; prodigious

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presage

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n. predict: a presentiment or foreboding. (Bad feeling)

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prescient

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adj. predict: having knowledge of things or events before they exist or happen

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prognosticate

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v. predict: to forecast or predict from present indication or signs

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discomfort

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n. prevent/obstruct an absence of comfort or ease; uneasiness, hardship, or mild pain.

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encumber

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v. prevent/obstruct: to impede or hinder; hamper; retard. to block up. to burden or weigh down

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fetter

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n. prevent/obstruct: a chain or shackle placed on the feet; v. to confine; restrain

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forfend

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v. prevent/obstruct: to defend, secure, or protect. to fend off, to avert or prevent

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hinder

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v. prevent/obstruct: to cause delay, interruption

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impede

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v. prevent/obstruct: to retard in movement or progress by means of obstacles or hindrances

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inhibit

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v. prevent/obstruct: to restrain hinder arrest

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occlude

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v. prevent/obstruct: to close, shut or to stop up.

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astute

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adj. small/learned: of keen penetration or discernment; sagacious. clever; cunning; ingenious

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canny

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adj. small/learned: careful; cautious; prudent. astute

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perspicacious

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adj. small/learned: having keen mental perception and understanding. discerning.

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disconsolate

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adj. sorrow: without consolation or solace; hopelessly unhappy

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doleful

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adj. sorrowful; mournful, melancholy

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dolor

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n. sorrow, grief

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elegiac

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adj. sorrow: expressing sorrow or lamentation

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forlorn

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adj. sorrow: desolate or dreary; unhappy or miserable. lonely and sad; forsaken.

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lament

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v. sorrow: to feel or express sorrow

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lugubrious

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adj. sorrow: mournful, dismal

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melancholy

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n. sorrow: a gloomy state of mind

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morose

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adj. sorrow: gloomily or sullenly ill-humored

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plaintive

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adj. expressing sorrow or melancholy

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threnody

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n. sorrow: a poem, speech or song of lamentation

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implacable

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adj. stubborn: not to be appeased.

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inexorable

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adj. stubborn: unyielding; unalterable

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intractable

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adj. stubborn: not easily controlled or directed.

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intransigent

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adj. stubborn: refusing to agree or compromise

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obdurate

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adj. unmoved by persuasion, pity

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obstinate

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adj. stubborn: firmly or stubbornly adhering to one’s purpose, opinion.

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recalcitrant

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adj. stubborn: resisting authority or control; not obedient or compliant

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refractory

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adj. stubborn: hard or impossible to manage

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untoward

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adj. stubborn: unfavorable or unfortunate

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vex

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v. stubborn: to irritate; annoy; provoke; to discuss or debate with vigor or at great length.

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