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Q7-12 Simplified Flashcards

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Diabolic

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Wicked

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Feign

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To pretend

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Hoodwink

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To deceive

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Eerie

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Weird

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Iniquity

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Sin

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Wanton

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Senseless

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Malefactor

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A criminal

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Bogus

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Not genuine

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Insidious

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Sly

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Flagrant

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Scandalous

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Repugnant

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Offensive

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Sundry

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Miscellaneous

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Teem

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To swarm

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Prevalent

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Widespread

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Copious

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Plentiful or Abundant

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Exorbitant

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Excessive

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Tally

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To count

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Consummate

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Perfect, Extremely skilled

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Ultimate

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Greatest possible

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Finite

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Having measurable or definable limits, Mortal

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Inconsiderable

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Petty, Unimportant

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Parochial

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Narrow, A church parish

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Integral

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Complete, Formed as a unit

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Piecemeal

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Made or accomplished gradually or piece by piece

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Labyrinth

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Structure of passageways that make it hard to find one’s way around; maze, situations that are confusing cause of complexity

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Facet

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Surface of a diamond, Aspect of a many sided person or object

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Pinnacle

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A high peak, A summit

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Protuberance

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Bulge, Thrusting out

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Cleft

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A crack, A space made by splitting

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Asunder

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Tear into parts or pieces, Apart

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Taut

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Stretched out to the limit so there is no looseness, Strict

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Proximity

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Nearness in time or space

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Incumbent

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Resting on a personHolder of an office, Lying or pressing down on something in a physical sense

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Immure

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To restrict, To Seclude or isolate

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Gesticulate

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To express oneself in gestures

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Palpitate

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To quiver, To beat rapidly or strongly

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Plummet

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To fall sharply, A weighted attached to a line used to determine the depth of water or straightness of a wall

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Dexterity

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Grace in physical activity, Skill and ease in using hands, Mental skills or quickness

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Agile

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Nimble, A quick resourceful character

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Lithe

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Agile, Nimble, Flexible

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Raze

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To destroy

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Rescind

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To cancel

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Debar

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To exclude

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Deter

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To discourage through fear

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Obviate

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To make unnecessary

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Breach

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A breaking of a law or duty, A gap made by breaking something

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Recant

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To withdraw a belief one has previously held

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Abnegation

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Self-denial, Surrender of a right or idea

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Abstain

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To refrain from participation in something

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Novice

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A beginner, A religious person who is waiting to take final vows, A person who has recently converted religions

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Genesis Plural- Geneses

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Origin, creation, or beginning of somethingWhen capitalized: first book of Old Testament in the Bible

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Cessation

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Stopping, pausing, or discontinuance

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Oblivion

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Forgetfulness or unawareness, Condition of being entirely forgotten

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Supplant

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To take the place of

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Detract

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To take away fromTo make less important

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Enhance

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To heighten

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Rejuvenate

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To make young or vigorous, To renew

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Regress

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To grow worse

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Adulterate

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To make impure by adding substancesHiding the defects of something

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Partition

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A division into parts, To divide into parts

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Ramification

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An outgrowth

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Reverberate

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To re-echo, To reflect light

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Garner

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To collect

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Assimilate

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To take up and make part of

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Infuse

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To pour into, To introduce

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Permeate

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To penetrate

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Satiate

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To satisfy

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Temporal

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Related to time, temporary, nonreligious

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Extempore

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Without preparation, improvising

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Terminal

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Final, an end or limit

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Prefatory

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Introductory, located in front

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Accessory

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Additional in a less important way, a person assisting a crime

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Momentous

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Very important, consequential

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Nocturnal

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Relating to night, occurring at night

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Belated

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Delayed or too late

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Interim

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Meantime, the time period between events, temporary

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Epoch

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A period of time, the starting point of an important period of time

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