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Sadlier Unit 10 (02.19.21) Flashcards

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(v.) to grow or accumulate over time; to happen as a natural result

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Accrue

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S: collect, accumulate, proceed from

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Accrue

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A: dwindle, decrease, diminish, lessen

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Accrue

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(n.) a critical or explanatory note or comment, especially for a Literary work

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Annotation

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(n.) a state or scene of uproar and confusion

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Bedlam

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S: commotion, pandemonium, chaos, anarchy

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Bedlam

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A: peace and quiet, order, tranquility

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Bedlam

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S: (adj.) undercover, clandestine, sub-rosa

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Covert

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A: (adj.) open, overt, undisguised

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Covert

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(adj.) hidden, disguised, purposefully kept secret; sheltered, secluded (n.) a sheltered place, a hiding place

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Covert

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(adj.) pleasant, courteous, lighthearted; smooth and polished in manner and appearance

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Debonair

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S: carefree, jaunty, gracious, suave, urbane

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Debonair

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A: distraught, agitated, boorish, churlish

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Debonair

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(v.) to demand insistently, especially in a payment of a debt (n.) a creditor (adj.) dark, dull, drab, dingy

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Dun

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S: (v.) hound, pester, harass, nag

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Dun

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(adj.) effective, producing results

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Efficacious

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S: effectual, efficient, potent, powerful

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Efficacious

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A: ineffective, worthless, useless

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Efficacious

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(n.) calmness, composure, refusal to panic

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Equanimity

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S: tranquility, imperturbability

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Equanimity

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A: excitability, flappability, agitation

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Equanimity

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(adj.) accidental, occuring by a happy chance

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Fortuitous

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S: unintentional, unplanned, random, lucky

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Fortuitous

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A: intentional, deliberate, premeditated

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Fortuitous

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(n.) the essential part, main point, or essence

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Gist

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S: substance, core, nucleus

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Gist

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(adj.) overbearing, arrogant; seeking to dominate; pressing, compelling

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Imperious

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S: domineering, magisterial, urgent, imperative

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Imperious

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A: fawning, obsequious, humble, unassuming

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Imperious

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(n.) a strong denunciation or condemnation; abusive language (adj.) abusive, vituperative

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Invective

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S: (n.) vituperation, abuse, diatribe, philippic

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Invective

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A: (n.) tribute, panegyric, encomium

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Invective

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(adj.) showing great variety; composed of different elements many colors (n.) a jester’s costume; a jester

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Motley

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S: (adj.) variegated, heterogeneous, diverse; (n.) fool

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Motley

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A: (adj.) uniform, homogeneous, monochromatic

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Motley

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(adj.) extremely generous, lavish

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Munificent

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S: bounteous, liberal

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Munificent

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A: stingy, miserly, tightfisted, parsimonious

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Munificent

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(n.) to delay, put off until later

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Procrastinate

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S: stall, temporize, dillydally

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Procrastinate

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(adj.) tending to produce a strong feeling or response; arousing desire or appetite; irritating, annoying

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Provocative

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S: stimulating, arousing, vexing, galling

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Provocative

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A: dull, insipid, unstimulating, bland

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Provocative

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(adj.) exceeding ordinary knowledge and understanding

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Recondite

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S: esoteric, arcane, profound, abstruse

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Recondite

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A: simple, uncomplicated

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Recondite

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(n.) a depraved, vicious, or unprincipled person, scoundrel (adj.) wicked, corrupt, or unprincipled (v.) to disapprove of, condemn

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Reprobate

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S: (n.) scoundrel, blackguard; (adj.) immoral, corrupt

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Reprobate

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A: (n.) saint; (adj.) upright, virtuous, moral

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Reprobate

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(adj.) characterized by or calling for continued sitting; remaining in one place

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Sedentary

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S: seated, stationary, static

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Sedentary

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A: active, peripatetic, migratory

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Sedentary

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(adj.) freely given, not called for by circumstances

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Gratuitous

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S: voluntary, unjustified

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Gratuitous

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A: justified, warranted

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Gratuitous

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