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Semester 1 Exam Vocab Words Flashcards

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hateful, evil or vile

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Odious (adj)

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a long, difficult journey marked by changes in fortune

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Odyssey (n)

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to stare at in a disrespectful way

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Ogle (v)

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difficult to see through, unclear or dark

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Opaque (adj)

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to eject, banish or expel

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Oust (v)

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to spread or seep through; to penetrate or pervade

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Permeate (v)

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to study or read over leisurely

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Peruse (v)

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to hurt or rile the feelings of someone; to irritate

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Pique (v)

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to soothe or appease with concessions

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Placate (v)

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10
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believable

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Plausible (adj)

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11
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emotionally moving

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Poignant (adj)

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to make or to shut out

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Preclude (v)

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showy, self-important, making unjustifiable claims to excellence

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Pretentious (adj)

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pleasantly old-fashioned; picturesque

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Quaint (adj)

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to put an end to something; to calm

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Quell (v)

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16
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the most perfect example of

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Quintessential (adj)

17
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boisterous, harsh sounding, noisy and disorderly

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Raucous (adj)

18
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mutual, interchangeable or shared

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Reciprocal (adj)

19
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deserving of blame

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Reprehensible (adj)

20
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to cancel, to repeal

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Rescind (v)

21
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an ability to recover from something or adjust easily

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Resilient (adj)

22
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disdainful or mocking

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Sardonic (adj)

23
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to sparkle, to gleam, to be animated or brilliant

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Scintillate (v)

24
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indifferent to pleasure or pain

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Stoic (adj)

25
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to get in they way of something, to hinder or block

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Stymie (v)

26
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concise, clearly expressed with few words

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Succinct (adj)

27
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boring or tiresome

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Tedious (adj)

28
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to prevent from being accomplished, to frustrate or hinder

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Thwart (v)

29
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a long and angry speech

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Tirade (n)

30
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to brag publicly, to praise highly

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Tout (v)

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unoriginal, overused, cliched or very common

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Trite (adj)

32
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unimportant or insignificant

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Trivial (adj)

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