Top 20 Words Flashcards

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Adulterate

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Impure, cheapened in quality or purity

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Apathy

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Absence of emotion or passion

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Audacious

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Daring, bold, risk taking OR impudent, presumptuous, impertinent

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Capricious

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Highly changing

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Corroborate

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Confirm, support

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Desiccate

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Dry out

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Engender

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Cause, give rise to, create

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Ephemeral

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Temporary, fleeting, transient, short-lived

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Gullible

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Credulous, naive, trusting, easily convinced

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Homogenous

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Alike, uniform, consistent

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Laudable

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Commendable, admirable, praiseworthy

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Loquacious

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Talkative, chatty

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Mitigate

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Lessen, reduce, diminish, alleviate, make less severe

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Pendant

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Hanging downward (adj), hanging ornament (n); an artistic, literary, or musical composition intended to match or complement another

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Pragmatic

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Practical, sensible

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Propriety

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conformity to established/conventional good standards, suitability, rightness, justness, decency, respectability (not to be confused to proprietary: relating to owner or ownership)

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Vacillate

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Waver, hesitate, fluctuate, stagger, indecisive

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Volatile

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liable to change rapidly and unpredictably, especially for the worse; unstable, unpredictable, uncomfortable, charged; easily evaporated at normal temperatures (substance)

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Abstain

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Refrain from doing something, esp something enjoyable