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Section 3 Flashcards

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Having a quality that arises within, rather than learned or acquired from the outside; inborn

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Innate

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Incapable of being penetrated. as by water, You can’t in general

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Impervious

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lack of interest

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Apathy

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rudely bold; insolent

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Brazen

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To weigh down or burden

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Encumber

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Riddle or mystery

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Conundrum

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Mysterious or puzzleing

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Enigmatic

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Clear

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Explicit

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person who rejects physical comfort and luxury for self-discipline

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Ascetic

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To obstruct or delay the progress of

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Hinder

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Hazy, unfamiliar, difficult to understand

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Obscure

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Being without exception of qualification; absolute

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Categorical

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intriguingly

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Exotic

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not emotionally involved; objective

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Dispassionate

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having an offensive odor

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Fetid

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17
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Impossible to correct, control, or discipline

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Incorrigible

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18
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Impossible to capture or enter by force

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Impregnable

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Difficult to understand

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Abstruse

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20
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the belief that only pleasure is worth pursuing

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Hedonism

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21
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doubtful; questionable

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Dubious

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mercy

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Clemency

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Making quick decisions and taking sudden action; hasty; impulsive

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impetuous

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boring; trite; insipid

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Banal

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Remorse or contrition for pass conduct or sin

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Repentant

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26
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Lasting an indefinitely long time

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Perpetual

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27
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Existing only briefly

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Transitory

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Tiresomely talkative; rambling

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Garrulous

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Bitter, long-lasting resentment

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Rancor

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Short and to the point; concise

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Succinct

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31
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harshness of sound; unharmonious

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Cacophony

32
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To take revenge for

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Avenge

33
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Temporary or short-lived

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Ephemeral

34
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Out of place

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Incongruous

35
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Sorry; penitent

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Contrite

36
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Charitable work; generosity

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Philanthropy

37
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To violate the sacredness; profane

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Desecrate

38
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To free from blame; to exculpate

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Exonerate

39
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To free from a trap or difficult situation; to disentangle

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Extricate

40
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Feeling of resentment, hostility, or enmity

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Animosity

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Not movable; strong in belief; staunch

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Steadfast

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dull; or ordinary

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Pedestrian

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Easy to understand; transparent; clear-thinkin

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Lucid

44
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Of questionable authorship or authenticity

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Apocryphal

45
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Tending to avoid giving direct answers

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Evasive

46
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To Schakel or restrict the freedom of

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Fetter

47
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Jumble of loud, usually discordant sounds

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Din

48
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Clearly apparent to the site or understanding

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Manifest

49
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stern, plain; without luxuries

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Austere

50
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Having the disagreeable odor or taste of decomposing oils or fats; rank

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Rancid

51
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having a claimed and verifiable origin or authorship

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Authentic

52
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Filled with or motivated by enthusiastic devotion

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Zealous

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Different

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Disparate

54
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Greed

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Avarice

55
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Hard to catch or understand; evasive

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Elusive

56
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Uncertain, misleading

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Equivocal

57
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Proper or suitable

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Seemly

58
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To free from bondage, oppression, or restraint

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Emancipate

59
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To make a bad situation worse

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Exacerbate

60
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Make less server; to ease

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Assuage

61
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offensively conspicuous or undisguised

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Blatant

62
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Able to be hurt

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Vulnerable

63
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A usually pleasant odor

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Aromatic

64
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Unclear, vague; having several interpretations

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Ambiguous

65
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Respect greatly; revere

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Venerate

66
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marked by decorum; proper

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decorous

67
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Direct and frank; straightforward

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Candid

68
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behaving like a meek, spineless servant; subservient, sycophantic

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Obsequious

69
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Desecration, profanation, misuse, or theft of something sacred

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Sacrilege

70
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The use of wordy and indirect language

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Circumlocution

71
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To make an unpleasant situation better, to improve.

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Ameliorate

72
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sticking to widely-accepted beliefs, even when faced with contrary evidence; closed-minded

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Dogmatic

73
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Greed; especially with money

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Cupidity

74
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To set free

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Deliver

75
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friendship

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Amity

76
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Agreement

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Euphony

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