TOTC Vocab #1 Flashcards

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Advocacy

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Support of an idea or cause

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Affable

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Friendly, courteous, amiable

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Antipathy

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A dislike, distaste, or enmity

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Apocryphal

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Of doubtful origin or authenticity, not genuine

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5
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Approbation

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Official approval, praise, commendation

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Ardent

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Expressing strong feelings, impassioned, zealous

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Ardor

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Warmth or heat of emotion; extremes force, vigor, energy

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Ascend

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To move upward, to rise from a lower station

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Atheist

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One who does not believe in God

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Auspicious

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Favorable

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Aversion

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Strong disinclination

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Beguile

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To deceive, to mislead, to persuade with charm

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Benign

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Not causing harm, of gentle disposition, beneficial

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Blasphemous

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Irreverent, profane

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Blundebuss

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A clumsy and careless person l; an obsolete firearm with a bell muzzle

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Capitulate

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To surrender

17
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Compatriot

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A fellow country man

18
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Complacency

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The state of being self-satisfied

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Conflagration

A

A large fire

20
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Consecrate

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To dedicate or declare secret

21
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Corroboration

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Confirmation

22
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Debauchery

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Moral corruption

23
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Deference

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Courteous going along with the opinions or wishes of another

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Demented

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Insane

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Demur

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To hesitate, to delay, to object

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Deprecate

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To disapprove regretfully, to belittle, to express mild disapproval

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Desolate

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Deserted, without inhabitants, barren

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Despoil

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To take possessions by force, to plunder

29
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Despondency

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Depression, dejection

30
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Diffidence

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Shyness, reserve, unassertiveness

31
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Discern

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To differentiate between two or more things

32
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Disconcerting

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Upsetting, frustrating

33
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Acuity

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Sharpness or precision