Scholarship Vocabulary Lesson 7 Flashcards

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abrogate

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abolish, annual, nullify, invalidate, renege, repeal

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allay

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alleviate, assuage, calm, mitigate, quiet, ease, pacify

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bizarre

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freakish, grotesque, strange, ridiculous, weird, odd

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brash

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bold, cheeky, audacious, foolhardy, impudent, presumptuous, rude

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confront

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encounter, meet, defy, face, resist, flout

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diminutive

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small, Lilliputian, miniature, tiny, miniscule

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dismantle

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destroy, disassemble, raze, demolish, decimate, divest

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havoc

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devastation, catastrophe cataclysm, ruin

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horrify

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alarm, disgust, dismay, petrify, appall, daunt, intimidate

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inordinate

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disproportionate, immoderate, unreasonable, excessive, unwarrented

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insatiable

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unquenchable, insistent, rapacious, ravenous, gluttonous, greedy, unappeasable

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irrepressible

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ebullient, unstoppable, uncontrollable, enthusiastic, insuppresible

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13
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irrevocable

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unchangeable, permanent

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mentor

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advisor, guide, coach

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myriad

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infinite, countless

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16
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pandemonium

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anarchy, chaos

17
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prerogrative

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privilege, exemption

18
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quip

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joke, insult

19
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raucous

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harsh, loud

20
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sanguine

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cheerful, assured