Vocab #15 Flashcards

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Aficionado

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An enthusiastic follower; a fan

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Accentuate

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Emphasize

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Antecedent

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Preceding; an event that goes before

First grade is an antecedent of second grade

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Centrifugal

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Moving away from the center

I used a spirograph to make a centrifugal design

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Convoluted

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Complicted; intricate

His argue,ent about politics was convouluted

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Decapitate

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To cut off one’s head

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Disingenuous

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Insincere; not straight foward
The detective was a disingenuous man who often played dumb to trick others into confessing.
While Catherine pretended to be trustworthy, she was in reality a disingenuous woman

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Indubitable

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Unquestionable; cant be doubted
Once you have a house piled shoulder-high with all your worldly goods, it can be said that you are indubitably a hoarder.

That was indubitably the best lasagna I’ve ever eaten!

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Jaded

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Tired pr bored by having too much of something

Jane is a jaded person because she is spoiled and gets everything she wants.

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Masochistic

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Getting pleasure from being mistreated

The girl was a masochist, who cut herself.

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