Vocab Flashcards
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Given too much of something;excess
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Surfeit
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Hired soldier; concerned only with making money
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Mercenary
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Intense heat; hell
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Inferno
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Boredom
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Ennui
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A type of dish; a bowl
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Tureen
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Faultless
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Impeccable
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Change; flow; a substance used in joining metals
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Flux
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Washings; cleanings
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Ablution
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Present from Birth
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Congenital
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Brutal; barbarous
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Bestial
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Blessing; a kindness
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Benison
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Agreeable; obliging
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Complaisant
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A set of beliefs
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Ideology
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Miserly; stingy with money
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Parsimonious
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Coarsely stupid; insensitive
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Crass
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Gloomy; depressing
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Funereal
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Pompous; high-sounding; pretentious
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Bombastic
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Cautious; careful
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Chary
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Verbal Abuse
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Invective
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To attack the reputation of; to slander
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Defame
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Cid, cis
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Cut
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Fidel, fid
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Faith
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Fin
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End
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Lin
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Line
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Liter
Letter, literature
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Lumen
Light, shine
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Part, port
Share
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Prec
Prayer
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Sui
Self
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Termin
Boundary
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Ver
True
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Vest
Garment
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Erasure
Obliteration
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Treachery
Perfidy
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To give a portion to
Impart
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Notable Person
Luminary
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Descent from a common ancestor
Lineage
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Conclusive
Definitive
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Unique
Sui generis
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The act of killing one's wife
Uxoricide
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Vague
Indeterminate
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Dangerous, risky
Precarious
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To affirm to be true
Aver
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A bad or grotesque imitation
Travesty
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Blameworthy
Culpable
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Paper entitling the bearer to receive something
Scrip
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Extreme Poverty
Penury
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Harmful
Pernicious
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On movable property
Chattel
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Spirit; courage; fortitude
Mettle
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Sparkle
Scintillate
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To declare blameless
Exonerate
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Falsely religious; acting devout
Sanctimonious
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To glance flirtatiously at
Ogle
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Enthusiasm
Verve
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The top of the skull
Cranium
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A group of attendants
Retinue
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Word for Word
Verbatim
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A stamp on gold objects; a distinguishing feature
Hallmark
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Greed for money
Avarice
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Toughen by heating and then cooling
Anneal
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A collection of documents that form a report
Dossier
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Peaceful
Pacific
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With one's identity concealed
Incognito
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Bel(I)
War, fighting
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Doct, doct
Teach
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Ferv
Boil, bubble
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Fratern
Brother
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Ger, gest
Carry, bring
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Grav
Heavy, scratch
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Home, homo
Man
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Matern
Mother
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Moll
Soft
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Patern
Father
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Pend, pens
Hang, weigh
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Soror
Sister
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Brotherly
Fraternal
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Fatherly
Paternal
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A society ruled by women
Matriarchy
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To make worse
Aggravate
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Sisterhood
Sorority
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A human being
Homo sapiens
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Appeasement
Mollification
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A miscellaneous collection
Congeries
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Easy to teach
Docile
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A summary
Compendium
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Zealous
Fervid
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Angry
Belligerent
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Still in existence; not destroyed or lost
Extant
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To free
Emancipate
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An earthen tone(dark reddish brown) used by artists
Umber
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Wealth
Opulence
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Correctness and good taste
Decorum
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An unrealistic play in which good and evil are exaggerated
Melodrama
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Plants
Flora
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A fixed yearly payment
Annuity
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To throw overboard
Jettison
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Of various kinds and forms
Diverse
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A crude and mocking imitation
Travesty
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A dockworker
Stevedore
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Dissimilar; unlike
Heterogeneous
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Hostile
Belligerent
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To talk foolishly
Prate
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Unending
Unremmiting
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To stay
Sojurn
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A feud
Vendetta
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Determined
Dogged
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To begin to develop
Germinate
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Ambi
Both
110
Aud, audit
To hear
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Corp, corpor
Body
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Flu, flux
To flow
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Form
Shape
114
Gen, gener
Race, kind
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Jac, ject
To throw
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Man(U)
Hand
117
Quest
To ask, seek
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Rex, reg
King, royal
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Val
To be strong
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Vinc, vict
To conquer
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Conqueror
Victor
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Widespread
Prevalent
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Devise
Formulate
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Paraphernalia of Royalty
Regalia
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Enviroment
Ambience
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Wealthy
Affluent
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Favorable
Opportune
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Surmise, guess
Conjecture
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Incapable of being heard
Inaudible
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Secretary
Amanuensis
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Origin
Genesis
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Something asked for
Request
