Semester 1 Vocabulary Flashcards by Maddie Yee | Brainscape

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lamentable

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Adj

distressing ; sad

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festooned

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procure

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Verb

To get ; to obtain

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errant

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Adj

guilty / delinquent OR

wandering / stray

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suffuse

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Verb

to spread throughout

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exile

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Verb

To banish; throw out

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transgression

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Noun

Wrongdoing ; sin

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obduracy

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Noun

Stubbornness

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sallow

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Adj

yellowish ; pale

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cower

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V

to crouch down in fear

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remnants

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Noun

what remains ; fragments

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dismal

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Adj

Gloomy ; melancholy

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myriad

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Noun - multitude

Adj - countless

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pensive

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Adj

Deep in thought

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augment

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Verb

To increase ; to enlarge

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curtly

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Adv

Bluntly; rudely; briefly

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wayward

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Adj

Stubborn ; headstrong

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penury

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Noun

extreme poverty

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furtive/furtively

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Adj.

Secretive

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valorous

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Adj

courageous; brave

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morosely

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Adv

Gloomily; depressingly

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gallant

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Adj

brave ; noble

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tumult

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Commotion / disorder

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coy

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Adj

Making a pretense of shyness or modesty OR

reluctant to give details

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derisive

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Adj

Mocking / expressing ridicule / contempt

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fickle

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Adj

Changeable

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festoon

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Verb - to decorate / adorn

Noun - a garland

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rebuff

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V

reject; decline

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oblique

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Adj

Indirect

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rebuke

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Verb

To scold / reprimand

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ambiguities

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Noun

Vagueness ; uncertainty

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guffaw

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V

to laugh boisterously

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floundering

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Verb

To struggle; to stumble

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grievance

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Noun

Injustice ; complaint

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incredulous/incredulity

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Adj.

Skeptical

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indignant/indignantly

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Adj

angry / offended

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laden

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Adj

Loaded; weighed down

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tremulously

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Adv

shakily or timidly, nervously

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enjoin

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Verb

demand or encourage

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disingenuous

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Adj

insincere ; dishonest

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fray

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Noun

fight or brawl

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bellicosely

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Adv

aggressively ; hostilely

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vex

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Verb

To annoy ; irritate

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coax

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Verb

to persuade gradually or by flattery

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contempt/contemptuously

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Noun

Disdain / disrespect / disregard

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Contrite

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Adj

Repentant

Apologetic

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palliate

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V

To soothe / ease

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ruefully

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Adv

Sadly , regretfully

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privy

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Adj

Sharing in the knowledge of

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scourge

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Verb

To whip ; to beat

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emphatic/emphatically

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Adj

assertive; expressing firmly / forcefully

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intercession

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Noun

the action of intervention on behalf of another;

petition

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loathsome

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Adj

hideous ; disgusting; deserving of hate

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haughty

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Adj

Arrogant ; conceited

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impervious

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Adj

Incapable of being affected by;

impenetrable

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eloquence

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Noun

Speech that is graceful and persuasive

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diffidently

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Adv

shyly because of a lack of self-confidence. Timidly

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apex

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Noun

The highest part of something; peak; pinnacle