Random Vocabulary Flashcards by Kelly Cook

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conduit

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passage

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beseeched

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beg

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ineluctable

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inescapable

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invidious

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unpleasant

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plangent

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mournful

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nugatory

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worthless

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denouement

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finale

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pedantic

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perfectionist

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erudite

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educated

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antediluvian

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outdated

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pusillanimous

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timid

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jejune

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simplistic

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imbibement

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absorb

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disencumber

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disburden

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belies

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disguise

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aprocryphal

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fictitious

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superannuation

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money

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senescence

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becoming old

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acrimonious

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bitter

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astute

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sharp

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intractable

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unmanageable

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nascent

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just beginning

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inborn

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existing from birth

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capricious

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unpredictable

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decorous

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proper

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inveterate

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ingrained

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timorous

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nervousness, fear, or lack of confidence

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cowed

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intimidate

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turgid

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swollen

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repatriate

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send someone back to their own country

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interdict

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prohibition

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indigence

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extreme poverty

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opulence

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wealth

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penury

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extreme poverty

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deleterious

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damaging

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pernicious

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damaging

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odium

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disgust

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predilection

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liking

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florid

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ornate

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humor

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soothe by indulgence; to adapt oneself

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extirpate

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destroy completely

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conjecture

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guess or infer

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covenant

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an agreement

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relegate

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to assign

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reverent

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respectful

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lachrymose

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tearful or given to weeping

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augury

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omen

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polemical

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controversial

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concomitant

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associated

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esoteric

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understood by only a select group

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didactic

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intended to instruct

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laudatory

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to praise