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Reading 8 List 4-5 Flashcards

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Alluring

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Highly attractive

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Apprehension

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A fearful expectation or anticipation

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Convalescent

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Recovering from illness

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Devotee

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A follower or admirer

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Dissemble

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To behave unnaturally, hide under false appearance, make believe with the intent to deceive

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Elusive

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Difficult to grasp by the mind

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Facetious

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Cleverly amusing, silly, treating serious issues with a inappropriate humor

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Fortify

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Add nutrient to, to make stronger, prepare for military confrontation

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Heckling

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Shouting to interrupt a speech when you disagree, protest

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Inexorable

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Unstoppable, unavoidable, unmoving, unwavering

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Latent

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Not presently active

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Munificent

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Very generous

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Nimble

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Moving quickly and lightly, mentally quick

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Obstreperous

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Noisily aggressive and stubborn

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Ornate

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Rich and decorative, elaborate and detailed

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Panacea

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Goddess of healing, remedy for all illnesses

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Pejorative

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Expressing disapproval

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Placidity

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Calmness, quiet

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Precipitate

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Hurry, done with haste, bring out abruptly, hurl or throw violently

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Probity

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Have strong morals

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Proponent

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Supporter

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Punctilious

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Precise accordance with details

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Recapitulation

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Early themes are repeated, recap, brief review or summary

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Rejuvenate

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Become young again, get or give new life or energy

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Repudiate

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Cast off, disown, reject as untrue, refuse to pay

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Revelation

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Revealing

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Salutary

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Promoting physical well being, beneficial to health

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Sojourner

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Temporary resident, traveler

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Substantiate

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Solidify, strengthen, make real or concrete, give reality to

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Sustenance

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The financial means whereby one lives, a source of materials to nourish the body

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Tentative

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Uncertain, unsettled

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Ungainly

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Lacking grace, difficult to manage

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Vacuous

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Devoid of intelligence, purpose, expression, matter

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Vilify

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To spread negative information about

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Wary

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Abstract

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Existing only in the mind,

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Baffle

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A full plate that controls or directs the flow of energy, hinder or prevent

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Callous

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Emotionally hardened, rough or thick by wear

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Conventional

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Accordant with tradition

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Dexterous

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Physically skilled

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Dissolute

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Embody

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To represent

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Euphuism

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A replacement for an offensive word

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Fortitude

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Courage, strength

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Hegemony

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Dominance, leadership

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Inexplicable

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Unable to explain

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Intrinsic

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Belonging solely to its nature

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Misnomer

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And incorrect or not suitable name

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Musing

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Calm lengthy consideration

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Nominal

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Existing in name only

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Obtrusive

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Sticking out, noticeable, protruding

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Absolve

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Orthodox

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Of what’s commonly accepted

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Paradigm

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A standard or typical example

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Pellucid

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Easily understandable, see through

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Perspicacity

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Cleverness

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Plagiarize

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Take somone else’s words without acknowledgement

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Precocious

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Developed early

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Proclivity

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Tendency, natural inclination

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Propound

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To propose, put forward as an idea

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Punctuate

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Single out as important, point out

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Relinquish

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Free from hold, give up, turn away from, part with possession or right, release, yield control of another

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Rescind

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Draw back, take back an offer

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Reverberate

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Resonate, reflect, spring back

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Sanctimonious

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Self righteous, excessively or hypocritically pious

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Solicitous

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Hovering attire ness, full anxiety and concern

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Spurious

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Born out of wedlock, plausible but false, intended to deceive

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Subterfuge

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A miss presentation of an activities true nature

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Sycophant

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Person who tries to please others for personal gain

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Tenuous

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Very weak, little importance

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Truculent

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Defiantly aggressive, hostile

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Unctuous

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Slimy creepy, excessively suave in a matter of speech

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Uniformity

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Lacking diversity, a state where everything has no varying

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Vanquish

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Come out better in competition, race, of conflict

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