Unit 2, Lesson 3 Flashcards by Shaheer Rizwan

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alleviate

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relieve

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allay

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relieve

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assuage

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relieve

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mitigate

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lessen the severity of/relieve

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mollify

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relieve

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palliate

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to ease/relieve (symptoms of a disease)

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palliative

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a reliever/symptom reducer

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propitiate

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to appease/pacify

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extenuate

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reduce seriousness of

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tenuous

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very weak or slight

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gossamer

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very thin/flimsy

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diaphanous

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light/delicate

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attenuate

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to weaken

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rarefy

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to make thin/weaken

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abate

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to decrease/subside

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preamble

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intro to constitution/law

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preface

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intro to book

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prologue

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intro to play

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prelude

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intro to opera

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overture

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intro to musical

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momentary

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temporary

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fleeting

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temporary

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transient

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temporary

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transitory

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temporary

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evansecent

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temporary

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ephemeral

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short lived/temporary

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momentous

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important

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impetus

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force that makes something happen

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decidous

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temporary

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perennial

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permanent

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reckless

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hasty

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rash

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hasty

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impulsive

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hasty

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impetuous

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hasty

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extemporize

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improvise

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extemporaneous

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improvise

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cursory

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hasty

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discursive

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rambling/random

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digressive

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deviate/wander away

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meandering

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wavy/deviate

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trite

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unimaginative

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banal

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commonplace

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hackneyed

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cliche

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bromide

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cliche

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platitude

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cliche

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vapid

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boring/lacking flavor

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insipid

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lacking flavor/boring

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prosaic

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commonplace

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mundane

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worldly

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temporal

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worldly (as opposed to spiritual)

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humdrum

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boring

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monotone

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boring

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plebeian

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commoner

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denizen

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citizen

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nondescript

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commonplace

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mediocre

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standard/commonplace

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quotidian

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occurring daily/commonplace