Unit 11 Flashcards

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virulent

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(adj) extremely severe or harmful in its effects; bitterly, hostile

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repudiate

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(verb) refuse to accept or be associated with

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lucid

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(adj) expressed clearly; easy to understand; bright, luminous

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auspicious

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(adj) conducive to success; favorable

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augment

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(verb) make greater by adding to it; increase

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laudable

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(adj) deserving praise and commendation

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banal

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(adj) so lacking in originality as to be obvious and boring

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deference

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(noun) humble submission and respect

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vacillate

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(verb) alternate or waver between different opinions or actions; be indecisive

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torpor

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(noun) a state of physical or mental inactivity; lethargy

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pragmatic

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(adj) dealing with things sensibly and realistically

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ascetic

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(adj or noun) practice of severe self-discipline and abstention from all forms of indulgence, typically for religious reasons

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dogmatic

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(adj) inclined to lay down principles as incontrovertibly true

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volition

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(noun) the faculty or power of using one’s will

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innocuous

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(adj) not harmful or offensive

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disparate

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(adj or noun) things so unlike that there is no basis for comparison

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disparage

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(verb) regard or represent as being of little worth

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ephemeral

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(adj) lasting for a very short time; describes a plant

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prosaic

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(adj) having the style or diction of prose; lacking poetic beauty; unromantic

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languish

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(verb) suffer from being forced to remain in an unpleasant place or situation