Set 1 Flashcards by breanne weber | Brainscape

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Abdicate

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To denounce, abandon

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Abstemious

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Sparing in eat or drink

Antonym: gluttonous

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Accolade

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Honor, high praise

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Agglomeration

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Collection or mass, heap

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Altruistic

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Unselfish, concerned about others

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Anodyne

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Pain reliever

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Apogee

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When a satellites orbit is furthest from the sun

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Bellicose

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Inclined to start fights

Antonym: pacific

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Biped

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Has two feet

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Boreal

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Northern

Antonym: austral

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Bromidic

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Lacking originality

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Bucolic

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Pastoral

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Burnoose

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Hooded Arabic cloak

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Cacophony

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Harsh sounds, noise

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Calumny

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Lie told to damage someone’s reputation, slander

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Catharsis

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Purification of emotion through art

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Dross

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Waste from molten metal

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Chimerical

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Wildly fanciful or visionary

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Cogent

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Convincing, compelling

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Debacle

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A violent breakdown, sudden overthrow

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Deprecate

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Belittle

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Diaphanous

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Sheer, delicate

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Dilettante

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Dabbler

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Doggerel

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Comic, loose verse

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Ebullient

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Lively, enthusiastic

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Effusive

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Overflowing, very demonstrative

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Elucidate

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To make clear, shed light on

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Ephemeral

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Lasting a short time, transient

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Explicate

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Explain

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Fervid

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Very hot, an intense feeling or emotion

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Flag

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To weaken or slow down

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Foray

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To ravage or pillage, sudden brief invasion

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Gain say

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To deny or contradict

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Halcyon

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Peaceful

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Herpetophobia

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Fear of snakes

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Homily

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A sermon

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Hyaline

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Transparent, glassy

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Immiscable

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Not able to be mixed

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Impugn

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To attack, especially as false

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Inculcate

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To teach by recognition

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Iniquitous

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Wicked

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Invective

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Abusive language

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Jejune

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Juvenile

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Knave

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Sly deceitful man or boy

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Ligneous

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Wood like

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Litigate

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Try in court, protest in law

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Martinet

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Strict disciplinarian

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Misogynistic

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Hatred of women

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Nadir

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Lowest point, opposite of zenith

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Nexus

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Connection

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Nyctophobia

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Fear of the dark

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Obsequious

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Obedient

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Ocher

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Earthly yellow or red