Semester 2 Final Vocab Exam Flashcards
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Contumacy
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A stubborn rebelliousness
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Dour
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Marked by harshness, sternness, or ill temper
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Éclat
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Brilliant success
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Indefatigable
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Tireless
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Irresolute
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Undecided; wavering
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Obdurate
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Hardhearted
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Obsequious
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Fawning
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Pertinacity
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Stubbornness
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Stoic
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Unaffected by feelings
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Austere
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Sever or stern; somber
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Avarice
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Extreme greed
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Florid
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Flushed with rosy color
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Insatiable
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Impossible to satisfy
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Inundate
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To overwhelm
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Myriad
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Referring to a large but undetermined number
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Parsimony
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Extreme stinginess
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Prodigal
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Wasterfully extravagant
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Replete
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Plentiful; abounding
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Voluminous
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Having great volume, size, or number
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Mundane
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Commonplace
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Aberrant
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Deviating from expected course
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Outlandish
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Strikingly bizzare
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Anomaly
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Something departing from normal form
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Paragon
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Model of perfection
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Eccentricity
The quality of straying from what is conventional
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Ubiquitous
Seeming to be everywhere at the same time
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Endemic
Common in or unique to a certain location or population.
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Unwonted
Not habitual or ordinary; unusual
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Incongruous
Lacking in harmony
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Equivocate
To use evasive language to mislead
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Paradox
Something with contradictory aspects
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Patent
Obvious; plain
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Perspicacity
Sharpness; acuteness of understanding
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Rudimentary
Elementary; basic
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Adduce
To cite an example or means of proof in an argument
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Confound
To mix up; confuse
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Construe
To interpret
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Conundrum
A self-contradictory problem; a dilemma
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Cryptic
Having hidden meaning
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Iniquity
Wickedness
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Redress
To right a wrong
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Reprehensible
Deserving of blame
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Restitution
Compensation for a lose
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Vindicate
To clear of blame
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Abscond
To leave quickly and secretly, often to avoid arrest
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Bilk
To swindle money
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Clemency
Mercy
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Contrite
Regretful
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Impute
To attribute the fault or responsibility to
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Caustic
Corrosive
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Deleterious
Harmful
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Despoil
To plunder
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Effectual
Fully adequate; effective
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Obviate
To make unnecessary
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Pinnacle
Peak; most successful point
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Raze
To level to the ground
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Stultify
To make useless or ineffective
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Surmount
To overcome
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Wrest
To obtain by force or great effort
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Deplore
To condemn
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Disconsolate
Hopelessly objected or sad
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Domineering
Tyrannical
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Halcyon
Peaceful
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Lachrymose
Tearful
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Mercurial
Quick and change are temperament ; volatile
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Revel
To make merry; to celebrate
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Sanguine
Optimistic
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Tirade
A long, angry speech
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Vex
To baffle
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Commodious
Spacious
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Finite
Having an ending or a boundary
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Gamut
The complete range of something
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Incalculable
Beyond measurement
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Iota
A tiny bit
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Lofty
Elevated in character
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Minuscule
Tiny ; very small
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Picayune
Petty; trivial
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Vestige
A visible trace
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Wane
To diminish in power or size
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Apathetic
Indifferent
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Consecrate
To declare as holy
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Credo
A statement of beliefs
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Heinous
Evil; abominable
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Ingrate
An ungrateful person
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Piety
Religious reverence
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Sacrilegious
Extremely irreverent toward what is considered sacred
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Sanctimony
False show of righteousness
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Sanctity
Sacredness
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Timorous
Apprehensive
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Berserk
Destructively violent
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Jubilee
A gala celebrating a fiftieth anniversary
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Juggernaut
An overwhelming force
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Kowtow
To show servant like submission; to fawn
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Maelstrom
An unsettling or violent situation
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Mecca
A center of interest
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Nabob
A wealthy person
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Saga
An epic tale
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Shibboleth
A word or pronunciation that is particular to a certain group
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Trek
A difficult journey
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Audacious
Daring, fearless
