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TKAM Vocab Flashcards

1
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to make an unpleasant feeling less intense.

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Assuaged

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2
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a thing that is granted, especially in response to demands

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Concession

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3
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causing or likely to cause an argument

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Contentious

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4
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treat a specified country as a permanent home.

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Domiciled

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5
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unconventional and slightly strange.

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Eccentric

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6
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originating or occurring naturally in a particular place; native.

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Indigenous

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7
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having or showing a wish to do evil to others.

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Malevolent

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of, involving, or absorbed in meditation or considered thought.

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Meditatively

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9
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the quality of being religious or reverent.

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Piety

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10
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a preference or special liking for something

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Predilection

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11
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a temporary stay.

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Sojourn

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12
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reserved or uncommunicative in speech, saying little

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Taciturn

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13
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very virulent or infectious.

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Malignant

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14
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characterized by or appealing to an abnormal and unhealthy interest in disturbing and unpleasant subjects, especially death and disease.

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Morbid

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15
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pleasantly calm or peaceful; unruffled; tranquil; serenely quiet or undisturbed

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Placidly

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16
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skill or expertise in a particular activity or field.

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Prowess

17
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understood or implied without being stated.

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Tacit

18
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arbitrary or unrestrained exercise of power; despotic abuse of authority.

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Tyranny

19
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conducive to success; favorable.

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Auspicious

20
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desire to do good to others; goodwill; charitableness

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Benevolence

21
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having a kindly disposition; gracious

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Benign

22
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the instruction or improvement of a person morally or intellectually.

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Edification

23
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in a cautious or gentle manner

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Gingerly

24
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curious or inquiring.

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Inquisitive

25
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a departure from what is normal, usual, or expected, typically one that is unwelcome.

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Aberration

26
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next to or adjoining something else.

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Adjacent

27
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comparable in certain respects, typically in a way that makes clearer the nature of the things compared.

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Analogous

28
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find (something) out for certain; make sure of.

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Ascertaining

29
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a picture, description, or imitation of a person or thing in which certain striking characteristics are exaggerated in order to create a comic or grotesque effect.

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Caricature

30
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innocent and unsuspecting.

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Ingenuous

31
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inborn; natural.

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Innate

32
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carry out or commit a harmful, illegal, or immoral action.

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Perpetrated

33
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action or speech that makes someone annoyed or angry, especially deliberately.

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Provocation

34
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of the nature of or made or done as a trial, experiment, or attempt; experimental

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Tentatively

35
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a period of keeping awake during the time usually spent asleep, especially to keep watch or pray.

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Vigil

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