Vocab 10+11 2024-2025 Flashcards by Jaina Considine | Brainscape

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juxtaposition

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the act of placing two things next to each other for implicit comparison

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kudos

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praise for an achievement

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languid

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sluggish from fatigue or weakness

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libertarian

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advocating principles of liberty and free will

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magnanimous

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noble, generous

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malleable

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capable of being shaped or transformed

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modicum

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a small amount of something

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nadir

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the lowest point of something

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nefarious

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heinously villainous

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obdurate

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unyielding to persuasion or moral influences

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oblivious

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lacking consciousness or awareness of something

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pacific

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soothing

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palatable

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agreeable to the taste or sensibilities

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quagmire

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a difficult situation

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quandary

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a perplexed, unresolvable state

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querulous

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whiny, complaining

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rancid

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having a terrible taste or smell

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rapport

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mutual understanding and harmony

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saccharine

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sickeningly sweet

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salient

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significant, conspicuous

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tacit

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expressed without words

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tangential

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incidental, peripheral, divergent

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travesty

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a grossly inferior imitation

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tremulous

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fearful

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ubiquitous

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existing everywhere, widespread

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umbrage

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resentment, offense

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vacuous

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lack of content or ideas, stupid

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vapid

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lacking liveliness, dull

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vociferous

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loud, boisterous

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wane

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to decrease in size, dwindle

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wanton

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undisciplined, lewd, lustful

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winsom

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charming, pleasing

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yoke

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to join, link

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zealous

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fervent, filled with eagerness in pursuit of something

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zenith

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the highest point, culminating point

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zephyr

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a gentle breeze

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anathema

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a cursed, detested person

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cacophony

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tremendous noise, disharmonious sound

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desecrate

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to violate the sacredness of a thing or place

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emollient

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soothing