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Part 1 Vocabulary Flashcards

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Wishing harm to others

  1. Illicitly
  2. Malevolent
  3. Contentious
  4. Iniquity
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Malevolent

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Deal with others kindly in a snobbish, haughty way

  1. Arbitrate
  2. Iniquity
  3. Diminutive
  4. Condescend
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Condescend

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Unlawfully; improperly

  1. Contentious
  2. Iniquity
  3. Illicitly
  4. Melancholy
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Illicitly

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Wickedness or injustice

  1. Contentious
  2. Aloof
  3. Iniquity
  4. Illicitly
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Iniquity

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Liking disputes or arguments

  1. Contentious
  2. Iniquity
  3. Arbitrate
  4. Placid
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Contentious

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Very small; tiny

  1. Asinine
  2. Diminutive
  3. Aloof
  4. Amiable
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Diminutive

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Good-natured; friendly

  1. Ascertain
  2. Perpetual
  3. Amiable
  4. Placid
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Amiable

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Dispute; decide

  1. Arbitrate
  2. Malignant
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Arbitrate

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Sad and depressed

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Melancholy

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Reserved; at a distance

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Aloof

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Calm; quiet

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Placid

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Stupid; silly

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Asinine

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Passionately malevolent; evil

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Malignant

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Lasting a long time

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Perpetual

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To find out with certainty

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Ascertain

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A fight; a quarrel

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Altercation

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Speak clearly/distinctly

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Articulate

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Disdainful or disgusted

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Contemptuous

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Warm, sincere

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Cordial

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Harshness; rudeness

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Curtness

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Hard to identify

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Elusive

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Weak

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Feeble

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Causing fear

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Formidable

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Attracting little attention

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Inconspicuous

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Certain to happen; unavoidable

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Inevitable

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Inborn, natural

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Innate

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Enraged

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Livid

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Occurring at same time

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Simultaneous

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Sway back and forth

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Undulate

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Not understandable

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Unfathomable

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Caustic, bitter or harsh in speech or manner

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Acrimonious

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32
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Using both hands with equal ease

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Ambidextrous

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Content, often to the point of self-satisfaction or smugness

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Complacent

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To come together

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Convene

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Denying the sincerity of people’s motives

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Cynical

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Prudent or careful about one’s actions

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Discreet

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To shift back and forth uncertainly

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Fluctuate

38
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Calm, not feeling or showing emotion

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Impassive

39
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Living or occurring naturally in an environment

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Indigenous

40
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Without boundaries or limits

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Infinite

41
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Having no applications; having no importance to topic at hand

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Irrelevant

42
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To soothe, appease; to make less severe

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Mollify

43
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Close, careful inspection

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Scrutiny

44
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An act of choosing or deciding; agency

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Volition

45
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Having justification or grounds for action; possessing a legal document allowing search

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Warranted

46
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To consent without protest

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Acquiesce

47
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To release from obligation; to clear of a charge

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Acquit

48
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Inflexible or unyielding

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Adamant

49
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Dry or barren; uninteresting or dull

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Arid

50
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Cold, bare; gloomy or not hopeful

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Bleak

51
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To cooperative secretively in a scheme or wrongdoing

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Connive

52
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To assert the opposite of what is being spoken, to be contrary

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Contradict

53
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To confirm or support

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Corroborate

54
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Believability, reliability

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Credibility

55
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To be hesitant because of doubts

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Reluctant

56
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An idler or a loafer (noun) or to talk in a monotonous tone (verb)

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Drone

57
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The belief that all events are determined by fate and inevitable

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Fatalism

58
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Extreme humiliation

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Mortification

59
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To commit (a blunder or a crime)

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Perpetrate

60
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To rebuke or discipline severely

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Reprimand

61
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To make fit, suitable; to bring into agreement or give consideration to

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Accommodate

62
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Fearful or uneasy about the future; anxious

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Apprehensive

63
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To release from something; to withdraw or detach oneself

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Disengage

64
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Sneaky; sly

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Furtive

65
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Adorned with excessive color or ornamentation; showily; gaudily

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Garishly

66
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Grave robber; ghostly figment

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Ghoul

67
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Truthfulness, honesty; adherence to a moral code

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Integrity

68
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A reading stand or desk used by speakers

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Lectern

69
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Written statement that injures one’s character (noun); publish unjust statements (verb)

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Libel

70
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Relating to something unknown or questioned

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Mysterious

71
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Seriously; having or showing little emotion

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Stolidly

72
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Uncertainty, anxiety; state of being undecided or doubtful

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Suspense

73
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Swarming; overflowing

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Teeming

74
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Process of stretching or building up of something; inner striving, unrest

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Tension

75
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Unconfined; unrestrained; free in movement or activity

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Untrammeled

76
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Ghost, vision, or specter

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Apparition

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The temperament of a person or thing

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Disposition

78
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Taking pride or reveling in glory

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Exulting

79
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To make easy or smooth the progress of

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Facilitate

80
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Certain beyond any doubt

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Indisputable

81
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Intensely or eagerly; with dedication

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Keenly

82
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To roam or wander aimlessly

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Meander

83
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Ambiguous and hard to understand

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Obscure

84
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In a warning manner; threatening and gloomy

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Ominous

85
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Formal and proper, almost in a stuffy, snobbish way

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Prim

86
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To take pleasure in

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Relish

87
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Severity, strictness; inflexiblity

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Rigor

88
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To scorn, mock, or laugh at

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Sneer

89
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To anger or irritate

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Vex

90
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With energy; forceful and spirited

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Vigorous

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