Vocab 1 & 2 2024-2025 Flashcards
1
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abhor
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to hate; detest
2
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abide
A
to put up with
3
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abject
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wretched; pitiful
4
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abjure
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to reject; renounce
5
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abnegation
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denial of comfort to oneself
6
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abort
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to give up on a half finished project or effort
7
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abase
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to humiliate; degrade
8
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abate
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to reduce; lessen
9
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abdicate
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to give up a position, usually one of leadership
10
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abduct
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to kidnap, take by force
11
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aberration
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something that differs from the norm
12
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abet
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to aid, help, encourage
13
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abridge
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to cut down, shorten
14
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abrogate
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to abolish, usually by authority
15
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abscond
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to sneak away and hide
16
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absolution
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freedom from blame, guilt, sin
17
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abstain
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to freely choose not to commit an action
18
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abstruse
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hard to comprehend
19
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accede
A
to agree
20
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accentuate
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to stress, highlight
21
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balk
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to stop, reject, block abrubtly
22
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ballad
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a love song
23
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banal
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dull, commonplace, ordinary
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bane
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a burden
25
bard
a poet, often a singer as well
26
bashful
shy, excessively timid
27
beguile
to trick, decieve
28
behemoth
something of tremendous power or size; a monstrous creature
29
benign
favorable, not threatening, mild
30
benevolent
marked by goodness or doing good
31
bequeath
to pass on, give
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berate
to scold vehemently
33
bereft
devoid of, without
34
beseech
to beg, please, implore
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bias
a tendency, inclination, prejudice
