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Unit 3/4 Flashcards

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Verdure

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Greenery; fresh & ripe vegetation. Syn: foliage

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Verd, virid

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Green

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Verdant

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Green; lush with vegetation. Syn:flourishing

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Veridity

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Lack of experience; innocence. Syn

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Cand

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White, pure.

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Candid

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Open and sincere. syn: frank

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Candor

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Frankness or sincerity of expression; openness. Syn: truth

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Incandescent

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Shinning brightly

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Candere, canditum

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To glow, to burn

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Pall

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To be pale

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Pallor

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Extreme or unnatural paleness. Syn: pastiness

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Pallid

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Lacking color, dull. Syn: wan

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Appal

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To fill with horror or disapproval. Syn: horrify

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Livid (root)

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Bluish-black

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Livid (word)

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Enraged, furious. Syn: enraged

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Nigr

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Black

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Denigrate

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To attack the character of; to mock. Syn: belittle

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Pecc

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To sin, to be flawed

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Peccadillo

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A small sin or fault. Syn: blemish

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Impeccable

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Having no flaws. Syn: perfect

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Peccant

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Violating a moral flaw; sinful. Syn: erring

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Pej, pair

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Worse

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Pejorative

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Negative and critical; insulting. Syn: belittling

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Impair

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To cause to diminish, as in strength, value or quality. Syn: harm

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Mal

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Bad

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Malign

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To speak of maliciously; insult. Syn: deprecate

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Malinger

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To pretend to be sick in order to avoid something. Syn: shirk

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Malaise

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A sense of unease; depression. Syn: boredom

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Neg

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To neglect, to deny

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Negligent

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Not properly attentive. Syn: careless

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Negligible

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Unimportant; insignificant. Syn: remote

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Negate

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To cancel the effect of; nullify. Syn: deny

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