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List One Flashcards

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Taciturn

A 
Tacit-turn
Adj
Silent uncommunicative, quiet
SYN: RETICENT
ANT: BOISTEROUS
Taciturnly-adv
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Assuage

A 
Ah-sway-ju
Ver
To calm, sooth, relieve, or satisfy
Assuagement-n
Assuager-n
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Vapid

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Vah-pid
Adj
Without spirit or life (not literately dead)
SYN: INSPID
ANT:BOISTEROUS
Vapidness-n
Validity-n
Vapidly-adv
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Predilection

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Preh-dah-leck-shun
Noun
A favorable opinion, having preference or bias
NO OTHER FORMS

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Nebulous

A 
Neb-u-lis
Adj
Hazy, vague, cloudy or unclear
ANT: Lucid
Nebulously-adv
Nebulousness-n
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Entailment

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En-tail-ment
Noun
Limited inheritance
NO OTHER FORMS

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Condescension

A 
Con-den-sen-shin
Noun
The act of treating someone as inferior
SYN: PATRONIZING
Condescend-v
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auspicious

A 
Ah-spish-es
Adj
Showing/expecting promise or favor in terms if success
SYN: PROPITIOUS
Auspiciousness-n
Auspiciously-adv
Inauspiciously-adj
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Obstreperous

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Ob-strep-er-us
Adj
Resisting control, becoming unruly or defiant 
Obstreperously-adv
Obstreperousness-n
Obstreperousity-n
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Pestilence

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Pest-till-ence
Noun
Something deadly or destructive (disease or plague)
Pestilent-adj
Pestilential-adj
Pestilently-adv
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Edification

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Ehd-if-ah-cay-shun
Noun
The act of uplifting, improving morally or spiritually
Edify-v
Edifier-n
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Ascertain

A 
Ass-er-tain
Verb
To find out or determine, learn, discover or gather
Ascertainable-adj
Ascertainably-adv
Ascertainer-n
Ascertainment-n
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Aberration

A 
Ab-err-aye-shun
Noun
An act that is unusual or irregular from the standard or norm
SYN: DIVERGENCE
SYN: DEVIATION
no other forms
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Lineament

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Lihm-eeee-ah-ment
Noun
Details or distinguishing features of someone (often looks/face)
Lineamental-adj

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Philippic

A 
Fill-lip-ic
Noun
A harsh speech or verbal attack
SYN: REBUKE
SYN: TIRADE
no other forms
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Umbrage

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Um-bridge
Noun
Grumpy
NO OTHER FORMS

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Rectitude

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Reck-tit-tude
Noun
Righteousness in terms of morals principles and integrity
NO OTHER FORMS

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Interdict

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In-ter-dict
NOUN OR VERB
N: the act of forbidding by law (man's/gods)
V: to forbid
NO OTHER FORMS
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Palliation

A 
Pall-ee-aye-shun
Noun
The act of lessening or easing the seriousness of
Palliate-v
Palliater-n
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Cantankerous

A 
Can-tank-er-us
Adj
Disagreeable, ill-tempered or grumpy
SYN: CONTENTIOUS
Cantankerously-adv

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