Online Vocab Flashcards
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DEFINITION
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abacus
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frame with balls for calculating
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abate
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to lessen to subside
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abdication
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giving up control authority
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aberration
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straying away from what is normal
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abet
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help/encourage smb (in doing wrong)
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abeyance
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suspended action
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abhor
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to hate to detest
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abide
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be faithful to endure
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abjure
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promise or swear to give up
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abraded
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rubbed off worn away by friction
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abrogate
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repeal or annul by authority
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abscond
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to go away suddenly (to avoid arrest)
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abstruse
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difficult to comprehend obscure
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abut
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border on
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abysmal
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bottomless extreme
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acarpous
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effete no longer fertile worn out
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acclaimed
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welcomed with shouts and approval
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accolade
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praise approval
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accretion
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the growing of separate things into one
There was an accretion of ice on the car’s windshield.
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adamant
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kind of stone inflexible
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admonitory
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containing warning
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adorn
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add beauty decorate
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adulteration
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making unpure poorer in quality
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affable
polite and friendly
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affinity
close connection relationship
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aggravate
make worse irritate
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agile
active quick-moving
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agog
eager/excited
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ail
trouble be ill
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alacrity
eager and cheerful readiness
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alcove
recess/partially enclosed place
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allegiance
duty support loyalty
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alleviate
make (pain) easier to bear
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alloy
to debase by mixing with something inferior
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aloof
reserved indifferent
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amalgamate
mix combine unite societies
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ambidextrous
able to use the left hand or the right equally well
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ambiguous
doubtful uncertain
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ambivalent
having both of two contrary meanings
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ameliorate
improve make better
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amortize
end (a debt) by setting aside money
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anguish
severe suffering
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animosity
strong dislike
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antidote
medicine used against a poison or a disease
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antithetical
direct opposing
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apartheid
brutal racial discrimination
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aplomb
self-confidence
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apostate
one who abandons long-held religious or political convictions
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apotheosis
deification glorification to godliness
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appease
make quiet or calm
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apprehensive
grasping understanding fear unhappy feeling about future
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apprise
give notice to inform
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approbation
approval
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apropos
appropriate to the situation apt
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apt
well-suited quick-witted
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arabesque
a complex ornate design
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arboreal
of connected with trees
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ardor
enthusiasm
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arduous
steep difficult ascent laborious
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argot
jargon slang
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arrant
in the highest degree
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arrogance
proud superior manner of behaviour
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articulate
speak distinctly connect by joints
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ascend
go or come up
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ascertain
get to know
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ascetic
practicing self-denial austere stark
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ascribe
consider to be the origin of or belonging to
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aseptic
surgically clean
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asperity
roughness harshness ill temper irritability
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aspersion
slander
cast aspersions on her integrity
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assail
with attack violently
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assiduous
diligent hard-working sedulous
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assuage
make smth (pain desire) less
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asterisk
the mark * (e.g.. omitted letters)
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astringent
substance that shrinks
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astute
clever quick at seeing to get an advantage
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atonement
repayment death of Jesus
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attenuate
make thin. weaken enervate
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attune
bring into harmony
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audacious
daring foolishly bold impudent
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augury
omen sign
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august
majestic venerable
marked by majestic dignity or grandeur
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auspicious
favorable successful prosperous
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austere
severely moral and strict simple and plain
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auxiliary
helping supporting
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aver
affirm assert prove justify
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aversion
strong dislike
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avid
eager greedy
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avow
admit. Declare openly
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baleful
harmful ominous causing evil
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balk
obstacle purposely to get on the way of
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baneful
causing harm or ruin pernicious destructive
The legislation could have a baneful effect on the poor
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barrage
artificial obstacle built across a river
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a. A heavy curtain of artillery fire directed in front of friendly troops to screen and protect them.
b. A rapid, concentrated discharge of missiles, as from small arms.
2. An overwhelming, concentrated outpouring, as of words: a barrage of criticism.
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barren
not good enough unable to have young ones without value
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bask
in enjoy warmth and light
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beatify
to bless make happy or ascribe a virtue to
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bedizen
to adorn especially in a cheap showy manner
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belabor
Verb
Argue or elaborate (a subject) in excessive detail: "they belabored the obvious".
Attack or assault (someone) physically or verbally.
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bellicose
belligerent pugnacious warlike
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belligerent
(person nation) waging war
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benefactor
person who has given help
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benevolence
wish or activity in doing good
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benign
kind and gentle mild (climate)
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bequest
arrangement to give smth at death
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berate
scold sharply
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bereft
rob or dispossess of smth (material)
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bewilder
puzzle confuse
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bigot
stubborn narrow-minded person
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bilge
bulge the protuberance of a cask
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blandishment
flattery coaxing
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blandness
polite manner comforting uninteresting
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blatant
noisy and rough
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blithe
cheerful casual carefree
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bogus
sham counterfeit not genuine
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boisterous
loud noisy rough lacking restraint
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bolster
give greatly needed support
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boorish
crude offensive rude
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brash
hasty rush cheeky saucy
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brass
yellow metal (mixing copper and zinc)
: brazen self-assurance : gall
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brazen
Bold and without shame.
| Made of brass.
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breach
opening broken place breaking
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brittle
easily broken
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broach
bring up announce begin to talk about
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brook
to tolerate endure
I will not brook insults from my own employees.
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buoyant
able to float light-hearted
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burgeon
grow forth send out buds
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burnish
to polish rub to a shine
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cabal
a scheme or plot a group of plotters
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cadge
to beg to get by begging
She cadged money from her sister
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cajole
use flattery or deceit to persuade
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calipers
metal supports attached to the legs measuring instrument
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calumny
slander aspersion
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candid
frank straight-forward
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cant
insincere talk/jargon
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cantankerous
bad-tempered/quarrelsome
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canvass
discuss thoroughly sort of touting
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castigate
to chastise correct by punishing
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castigation
severe punishment
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catalyst
substance that causes speeding up
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caustic
biting sarcastic
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censure
expression of blame or disapproval a rebuke
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centurion
leader of a unit of 100 soldiers
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chastened
corrected punished
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chastisement
punishment
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chauvinist
a blindly devoted patriot
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chicanery
The use of trickery to achieve a political, financial, or legal purpose
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chisel
steel tool for shaping materials
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churl
bad-tempered person
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clamor
shout complain with a lot of noise
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clientele
customers
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clinch
come to grips/settle conclusively
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cling
to resist separation
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clot
half-solid lump formed from liquid
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cloture
closing device (in Parliament) to end a debate by voting
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coagulation
change to a thick and solid state
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coalescing
coming together and uniting into one substance
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coax
get smb to do smth by kindness
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coda
passage that completes a piece of music
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coddle
treat with care and tenderness
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coerce
compel to force to make obedient
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coeval
of the same period coexisting
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cogent
strong convincing
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cogitate
think deeply mediate
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cognizant
being fully aware of
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colander
bowl-shaped vessel with many holes used to drain off water
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collusion
secret agreement for a deceitful purpose
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combustion
process of burning
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commemorate
keep the memory of
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commodious
having plenty of space for what is needed
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commuter
person who travels regularly
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complaisance
tending to comply obliging willingness to please
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compunction
feeling of regret for one's action
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conceal
hide keep secret
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conceit
over-high opinion of too much pride
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conciliatory
reconciling soothing comforting mollifying
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concord
agreement or harmony
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concur
agree in opinion happen together
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condense
increase in density strength make laconic
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condone
forgive
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congeal
make or become stiff and solid
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conjoin
to join together
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connoisseur
a person with good judgement (e.g.. in art)
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connotation
suggestion in addition to
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consequential
pompous self important
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console
give comfort or sympathy to
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conspicuous
easily seen remarkable
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consternation
surprise and fear dismay
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constrain
compel
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constrict
make tight or smaller
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consume
get to the end of
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consummate
perfect/make perfect/complete
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contemn
to scorn or despise
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contentious
argumentative pugnacious combative quarrelsome
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contiguous
touching neighboring near
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contrite
filled with deep sorrow for wrongdoing
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contumacious
insubordinate rebellious
the teacher threatened to punish the contumacious student
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salutary
(esp. with reference to something unwelcome or unpleasant) Producing good effects; beneficial.
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Specious
Superficially plausible, but actually wrong: "a specious argument".
Misleading in appearance, esp. misleadingly attractive: "a specious appearance of novelty".
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sedulous
(of a person or action) Showing dedication and diligence: "he watched himself with the most sedulous care".
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otiosity
1. Lazy; indolent.
2. Of no use.
3. Ineffective; futile
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regnant
Reigning; ruling.
| Currently having the greatest influence; dominant.
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fugacious
lasting a short time
