Vocab Flashcards
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Copious
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Abundant
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Perplex
A
Confuse
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Traverse
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Cross
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Bibliophile
A
Book lover
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Demography
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Study of population
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Sanguine
A
Cheerful
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Ostentatious
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Showy
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Microcosm
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Small universe
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Defenstrate
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Toss out the window
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Animus
A
Intent or hatred
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Nonplused
A
Perplexed
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Interdiction
A
Prohibition
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Commensurate
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Of like measure
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Neophyte
A
Beginner
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Incredulous
A
Not believing
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Demur
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To object
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Poignant
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Sharp
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Lassitude
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Languor
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Apprehend
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To understand
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Prodigious
A
Amazing
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Indolent
A
Lazy
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Persiflage
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Flippant style
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Ambiguous
A
Indefinite
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Ambivalence
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Conflicting feelings
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Déclassé
Low class
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Putative
Thought to be
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Mollify
Make soft
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Gregarious
Sociable
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Altercation
Heated dispute
29
Alter ego
Second self
30
Philander
To engage in love affairs
31
Apocrypha
Unauthentic works
32
Tendentious
Slanted
33
Importune
To trouble with requests
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Apothegm
A pithy saying
35
Cacoethes
A mania
36
Precept
A maxim
37
Veridical
Truthful
38
Pulchritude
Physical beauty
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Expunge
Completely remove
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Acerbity
Sharpness of temper
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Perfidy
Breach of faith
42
Translucent
Semitransparent
43
Cacophony
Bad noise
44
Tangible
Touchable
45
Altruism
Concern for others
46
Obsequies
Funeral ceremonies
47
Exodus
A departure
48
Pensive
Sadly thoughtful
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Salubrious
Healthful
50
Demure
Modest or affectedly modest
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Undulate
To wave
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Amiable
Friendly
53
Abate
To lessen
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Serene
Clear and calm
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Obsequious
Servile
56
Sedate
Calm
57
Condescend
Lower oneself
58
Nihilism
Belief in nothing
59
Interstice
Small space
60
Dialectic
Logical argument
61
Temerarious
Reckless
62
Sophist
A specious reasoner
63
Erudite
Scholarly
64
Denouement
Unraveling of plot
65
Concupiscence
Intense desire or lust
66
Esculent
Edible
67
Pertinacious
Holding stubbornly
68
Interlocutor
Person in conversation
69
Aphorism
A concise wisdom
70
Autodidact
Self-taught person
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Reify
Treat as real
72
In medias res
In the middle of things
73
Circumvent
Get around
74
Exculpate
Free from blame