vocab 11&12 Flashcards

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harangue

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syn: tirade

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2
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grandiloquent

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syn: pretentious
ant: plain-spoken

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avid

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syn: voracious; eager
ant: apathetic

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4
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humility

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syn: modesty
ant: vanity; arrogance

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5
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dolorous

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syn: mournful
ant: joyous

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6
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explicit

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syn: exact; precise
ant: ambiguous; vague

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gargantuan

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syn: gigantic; huge
ant: tiny

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8
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gadfly

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syn: nuisance; pest

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9
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arduous

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syn: strenuous; laborious
ant: easy; unchallenging

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10
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affable

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syn: amiable; good-natured
ant: disagreeable; irascible

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11
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agrarian

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syn: intimidating

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12
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sycophant

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syn: today
ant: contrarian

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13
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grimace

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syn: scowl
ant: smile

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14
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lexicon

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syn: jargon; argot; cant

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15
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altercation

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syn: quarrel; dispute
ant: agreement; harmony

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16
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ominous

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syn: sinister
ant: comforting

17
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galvanize

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syn: stimulate
ant: enervate

18
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exhort

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syn: encourage

19
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audacity

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syn: insolence; impudence
ant: decorum

20
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evince

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syn: manifest

21
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hyperbole

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ant: understatement

22
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expedient

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syn: effective
ant: feckless

23
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incarcerate

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syn: imprison; constrain
ant: liberate; free

24
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incisive

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syn: piercing; acute
ant: pacified; assuaged

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pertinent
ant: unrelated; extraneous
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root cosm
"world" or "universe"
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root cred
"believe"
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suffixes -ic and -id
"of" or "like"
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root dorm
"sleep"
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root fin
"end"
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suffix -ory
"a place for"
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root nom
"name"
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suffix -ee
"one who is"
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prefix in-
"not"
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root clat
"calling" or "system of calling"