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Antidote

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something that relieves the effects of poison

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Adversity

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misfortune

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Benevolence

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kindness, generosity, charity

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Culpable

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deserving blame; guilty

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Discursive

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rambling, moving from one topic to another randomly

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Dissuade

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to advice against, to talk out of

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Eclectic

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coming from a variety of diverse sources

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Hypothesize

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to reach a conclusion based on an assumption

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Ingrate

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an ungrateful person

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Ingratiate

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to make an effort to gain good favor with someone

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Intractable

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stubborn, difficult to manage, headstrong

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Precarious

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dangerous, risky, not situation

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Preclude

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to make impossible

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Predilection

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preference

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Promontory

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land or rock projecting into a body of water

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Prosaic

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commonplace, uninspired, banal

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Raze

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to completely destroy

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Shroud

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wrap, screen from view

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Torpid

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sluggish, inactive, dull

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Viable

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capable of working, functioning, or developing adequately

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Abstracted

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removed in thought, lost in one’s own mind

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Burgeon

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to sprout, to newly emerge

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Byzantine

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complicated, devious

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Crass

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coarse, crude, and unrefined

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Decry

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to speak against, to rail against, to disparage

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Din

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loud and discordant noises, cacophony

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Euphonious

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pleasant or agreeable (sound); dulcet

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Indulgent

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lenient, especially toward oneself

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Inundate

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to flood, to overflow

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Munificent

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very generous

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Paucity

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scarcity, fewness of number, dearth

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Pedantry

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act of showing off learning in a manner that is needless and unimaginative

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Piety

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devotion and reverence to God

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Scintillating

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sparking, shining, or flashing

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Squalid

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filthy in appearance, sordid

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Static

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having no motions, showing little change

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Suffrage

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right to vote

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Turbulence

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wild or disturbing activity

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Vexation

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discomfort or distress

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Vindictive

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revengeful, spiteful

Vocab Test 11/12 (1 decks)

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