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Second Semester Exam Vocabulary Flashcards

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ambiguous

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having more than one meaning

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amiable

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friendly

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crass

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course, rude

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discursive

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rambling

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docile

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easily managed

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estrange

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to alienate or separate

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exonerate

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to free from blame or responsibility

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gratuitous

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unwarranted (groundless), given freely

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hypothesize

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to reach a conclusion based on an assumption

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indignation

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rage

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induce

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to bring on, to bring about (“make happen”)

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intractable

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stubborn

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introspective

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quality of examining one’s own mind or thoughts

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lucid

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easily understood, mentally sound (mentally healthy)

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meticulous

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taking great care

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misanthrope

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a hater of mankind

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munificent

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very generous

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plagiarize

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to steal and use another’s writing

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profuse

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extravagantly abundant

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recluse

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person who lives in solitude

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sated

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satisfied fully

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stupefy

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to dull the senses

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terse

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concise

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transient

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quickly passing

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virtuoso

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person slightly skilled in music/artistic pursuit

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acquiesce

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to give in, to comply

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affinity

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a likeness, a natural relationship, a kinship

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blasphemous

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irreverent, profane

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buttress

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a support or prop

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circumspect

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careful to consider consequences, cautious, prudent

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corroboration

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confirmation

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deplete

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to use up gradually, to lessen in amount or value

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despotic

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ruling oppressively and absolutely; tyrannical

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emaciated

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very thin (usually as a result of starvation), wasting away

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empirical

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based on observation or experiment and not on theory

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extraneous

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not essential or vital

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fallow

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inactive, plowed but not sowed

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homogeneous

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of the same kind

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hyperbole

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obvious exaggeration

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incontrovertible

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indisputable

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irascible

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irritable, easily angered, cranky, cross

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laconic

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using a minimum of words; concise to the point of seeming rude

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magnanimity

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having a lofty, generous, and courageous spirit

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obsequious

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overly attentive, like a sycophant, servile

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proliferation

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an increase in number, multiplication

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scrupulous

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very principled, very careful and conscientious

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sublime

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exalted, noble, uplifting

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surreptitious

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secret, clandestine, stealthy

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veracity

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devotion to the truth

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zeal

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enthusiasm, fervor

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abhor

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to regard with extreme repugnance; to detest utterly; to loathe

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accolade

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praise, an award

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ascetic

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one who leads a life of self-denial and contemplation; absent of luxury

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bequeath

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to hand down, to give or to leave in a will

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charlatan

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one who claims to know something that he does not, a quack

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conflagration

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a large fire

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dearth

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a lack, a scarcity

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diffidence

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shyness, reserve, unassertiveness

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effervescent

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showing high spirits

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ethereal

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heavenly, unusually delicate, light, lacking material substance, intangible

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expunge

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to remove, to erase

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guile

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deceitfulness, duplicity

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implausible

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not believable

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incongruity

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nonconformity, disagreement, incompatibility

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insularity

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qualities of an island; narrow-mindedness of opinion

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morose

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being sullen or gloomy

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placate

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to appease or to pacify by making concessions

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poignant

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piercing, incisive, and keen

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provincial

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lacking sophistication, narrow-minded

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reiterate

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to repeat

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spontaneous

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having no external cause, acting on impulse

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synthesis

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combining parts into a whole

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toxic

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poisonous

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vigilant

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very alert, watchful

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voluble

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ability to use words easily, fluent and glib

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antiquated

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obsolete, out of fashion, no longer usable

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arable

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fit for plowing, tillable

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ascendancy

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domination; growing power

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atrophy

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to waste away, to wither

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clandestine

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secret

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conciliate

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to reconcile, to pacify, to renew a friendship

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cursory

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superficial, casual, hastily done

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derision

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scoffing at, mockery, ridicule

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enmity

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absolute hatred

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extricate

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to free, to disentangle

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forbearance

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patience, lenience

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frivolous

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lacking in seriousness or importance

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garrulous

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talkative, rambling

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impetuous

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violent, hasty, rash, impulsive

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industrious

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skillfully busy or occupied

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infamous

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having a reputation of the worst kind, vicious, notoriously bad

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insolence

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insulting or contemptuous behavior

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levity

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excessive frivolity, flippancy

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oblivion

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state of being forgotten

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paradoxical

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something that appears false or contradictory but is actually correct

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perjury

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false testimony under oath

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rancor

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bitter deep-seated ill will, enmity

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sycophant

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a self-serving flatterer, a brownnoser

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vacillating

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changing, fluctuating

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vivid

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bright, distinct, and clear

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