O Vocabulary Flashcards

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Obdurate

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Stubborn

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Obsequious

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Overly submissive

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Obesquy

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Funeral ceremony

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Obviate

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To make unnecessary, anticipate and prevent

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Occlude

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To shut, block

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Occult

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Relating to practises connected to the supernatural

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Odyssey

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Long adventurous voyage, quest

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Officious

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Too helpful, meddlesome

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Olfactory

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Sense of smell

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Oligarchy

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Form of government where power belongs to a few leaders

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Onerous

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Burdensome

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Onomatopoeia

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Formation of words that imitate soundsb

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Opprobrium

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Disgrace, contempt

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Ornithologist

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Scientist who studies birds

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Oscillate

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To move back and forth

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Ostentatious

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Showy, attracting attention

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Overweening

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Presumptuous, arrogant