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Semester 2 Vocab (10th Grade) Flashcards

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Antidote

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Something that relieves the effects of poison

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Augment

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To make greater or supplement

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Avarice

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Greed for wealth

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Beguile

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To deceive, to mislead, or persuade with charm

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Blasphemous

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Irreverent, profane, without respect

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Censure

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To blame or condemn

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Cherubic

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Innocent, wholesome, angelic

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Cloister

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To seclude or to confine

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Corporeal

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Relating to a physical, material body; of a tangible, material nature

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Deft

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Skillful, talented

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Affable

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Showing warmth and friendliness; easy to converse with

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Ardent

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Passionate; intensely enthusiastic

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Benign

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Showing kindliness; mild; favorable

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Complacency

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A feeling of satisfaction, especially extreme self-satisfaction; smugness

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Deference

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Submission to or compliance with the will, wishes; courteous regard, respect

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Ant, anti

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Against, opposite

Antibiotic: Substance which works against harmful bacteria

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Man, manu

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Hand

Manuscript: Document written by hand

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Entreaty

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Earnest request or petition; supplication, plea

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Equivocate

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To avoid making an explicit statement

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Flout

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To show contempt for, to scoff at

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Harbinger

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A person or thing that announces or indicates the approach of something; forerunner

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Lament

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To feel or express sorrow, remorse, or regret

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Largess

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Liberality in bestowing gifts; extremely liberal and generous in spirit

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Laud

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To praise or glorify

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Malevolent

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Wishing or appearing to wish evil to others; malicious

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Malice

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The desire to do harm or mischief

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Mettle

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Courage; spirit

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Apocryphal

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Of questionable authorship or authenticity

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Auspicious

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Attended by favorable circumstances; propitious

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Blasphemous

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Grossly irreverent toward what is held to be sacred

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Consecrate

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To make or declare sacred or holy; sanctify

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Demur

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To raise objections or show reluctance; object

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Onym

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Name, word

Anonymous: Nameless

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Pon, pos

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Put, place, set

Postpone: to put it off until later

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Pernicious

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Causing insidious harm or ruin; injurious, hurtful

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Prate

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To talk excessively and pointlessly; babble

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Profundity

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The quality or state of being profound; depth

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Purveyor

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A person who purveys, provides, or supplies

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Quell

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To suppress, put an end to, extinguish

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Rancor

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Bitter, rankling resentment or ill will; hatred, malice

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Rend

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To separate into parts with force or violence

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Rue

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To feel sorrow over, repent of or regret bitterly

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Scrupulous

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Having scruples, showing a strict regard for what one considers right; principled

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Usurp

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To seize and hold a position, office, or power by force or without legal right

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Approbation

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Commendation; praise

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Beguile

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To deceive, mislead or persuade with charm

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Capitulate

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To surrender especially under agreed conditions; to give up all resistance, acquiesce

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Debauchery

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Extreme indulgence in sensual pleasures

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Deprecate

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To express disapproval of, protest against

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Derm

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Skin

Dermatologist: Physician specializing in dermatology or the science of dealing with skin

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Scrib

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Write

Scribe: A person who writes

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Anarchy

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Confusion, chaos, disorder

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Enfeeble

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To make feeble, weaken

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Indulgent

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Characterized by being lenient or permissive

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Inure

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To accustom to hardship, difficulty, or pain

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Inveigle

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To win over by coaxing, flattery, or artful talk

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Nondescript

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Of no recognized, definite, or particular type or kind

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Sedate

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Calm, quiet, or composed; undisturbed by passion or excitement

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Tacit

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Understood without being openly expressed; implied

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Extrovert

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An outgoing, gregarious person

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Funereal

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Suitable for a funeral

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Despoil

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To strip of possessions; rob, plunder

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Despondency

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Depression of spirits from loss of courage or hope; dejection

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Emulate

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To try to equal or excel

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Execrable

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Extremely detestable, repulsive

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Forbearance

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A refraining from something; patient endurance, self control

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Nom, Nem

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Law, management, distribution

Economy: The study of the distribution of wealth

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Simul, Simil

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Like, similar, same

Similar: Like the original, a copy

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Gullible

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Easily deceived or cheated

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Idiosyncratic

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Peculiar to the individual; characteristic of a single person

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Implausibility

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Not having the appearance of truth or credibility

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Sinecure

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A position requiring little or no work

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Sultriness

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Oppressively hot; emitting heat

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Forlornly

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Ina lonely and sad manner

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Impervious

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Incapable of being injured or impaired

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Incarnate

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Embodied in flesh; taking the human form

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Incomprehensible

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Impossible to understand

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Incongruous

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Incompatible with, inappropriate; Containing disparate or discordant elements or parts

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Diffidence

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Timidity or shyness

80
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Disparage

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To speak of in a slighting or disrespectful way; belittle

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Engender

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To bring about or give rise to; produce or cause

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Felicitous

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Well-chosen, apt; possessing an agreeable style

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Galling

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Irritating, exasperating, or bitterly humiliating

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Phan, Phen

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Show, appear

Cellophane: Transparent substance that “shows through”

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Sol, Soli

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Alone, lonely, single

Sole: One and only, single

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Latent

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Present or potential but not evident or active

87
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Timbre

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The characteristic quality of sound

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Cacophony

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A meaningless mixture of sounds

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Precarious

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Dependent on circumstances that are beyond one’s control; unstable

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Assimilate

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To incorporate as one’s own; absorb

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Sanctity

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The condition of being holy; a sacred thing

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Querulous

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Full of complaints

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Opulent

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Richly supplied or abundant

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Gaunt

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Extremely thin and boney as from great hunger or torture

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Tangible

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Material or real and actual

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Docile

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Easy to manage, control, or discipline; submissive

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Elicit

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To give rise to or evoke; to bring to light

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Evanscent

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Passing out of sight, fading away, vanishing

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Florid

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Having a red or flushed complexion; ornate or flowery

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Impel

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To urge or force; constrain or motivate

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Therm, thermo

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Heat

Thermometer: Instrument measuring temperature or heat

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Solv, Solu

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Loosen

Dissolve: Loosen apart

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Congenital

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Exiting at or before birth

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Liability

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An obligation, responsibility or debt

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Melee

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Confused hand-to-hand fight or struggle between several people

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Reverie

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A state of abstracted musing; a daydream

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Sallow

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Of a sickly yellowish color

108
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Garrulous

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Given to excessive and often trivial or rambling talk; tiresomely talkative

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Veracity

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Truthfulness; accuracy of a statement

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Obstinate

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Not easily controlled or treated

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Furtive

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Secret, sly or shifty

112
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Patronize

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To act as a patron to, support or sponsor; to treat in a condescending manner

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Impute

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To relate to a particular use or source; attribute the fault or responsibility to

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Irresolute

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Unsure of how to act or proceed; undecided

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Modicum

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A small or moderate amount

116
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Penitent

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Feeling or expressing remorse for one’s sins

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Sagacious

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Having or showing sound judgment; wise

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Prot, proto

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First

Prototype: the first or original of it’s kind

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Und, Unda

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Wave, flow

Abundant: more than sufficient, plentiful

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