Popular Flashcards

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Anomaly

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something that is noticeable because it is different from what is usual

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Assuage

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to relieve

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Enigma

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a person, thing, or event that is strange or mysterious and difficult to understand or explain

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Equivocal

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deliberately not clear or definite

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Erudite

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showing a lot of knowledge

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Fervid

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believing or feeling something extremely strongly

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Lucid

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clear and easy to understand

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Opaque

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difficult to understand; too dark

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Placate

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to make someone stop feeling angry

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Precipitate

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done too quickly; to make something serious happen; to separate liquid from solid

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Prodigal

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tending to waste money; a person who spends money carelessly

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Zeal

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eagerness to do something

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Abstain

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to not do something, especially something enjoyable

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Adulterate

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to make impure; to cheat on

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Apathy

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the feeling of not being interested or not caring

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Audacious

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brave and shocking

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Capricious

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changing quickly and suddenly

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Corroborate

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to provide info that supports someone’s statement

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Desiccate

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to remove all the water from something

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Engender

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to be the cause of some situation or action

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Ephemeral

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existing for only a short time

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Gullible

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too ready to believe what others say

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Homogenous

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consisting of things that are all of the same kind

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Laconic

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tending to use only few words when you talk

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Laudable

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deserving admiration, even if not very successful

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Loquacious

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liking to talk a lot, sometimes too much

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Mitigate

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to make a situation less bad or serious

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Pedant

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someone who pays too much attention to the rules and details

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Pragmatic

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dealing with problems in a sensible practical way

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Propriety

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correct social or moral behavior, the rules of it

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Vacillate

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to continue to change or opinions or behavior

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Volatile

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likely to change suddenly