Vocab Flashcards by Annastashia Blesi

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Cogitate

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To think deeply about

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Edifice

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Tall building

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Sagacious

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Very wise

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Scaffold

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Raised platform

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Pillory

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Device in which the head and hands are placed for punishment

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Ensue

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To follow as a result

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Pessimism

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Negativity, gloominess

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Demeanor

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Behavior or outward appearance

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Physiognomy

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Facial expressions that let others know how you feel

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Reprove

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To scold

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Jocular

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Easy to get on with

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Profligate

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Wasteful

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Fracas

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Fight among people

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Contentious

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Wanting to start a fight

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Daunt

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To cause fear

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Ostentatious

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Flashy but not necessarily gaudy

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Miserly

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Frugal

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Corroborate

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Affirm

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Fervent

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Impassioned

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Caveat emptor

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Buyer beware

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Embellish

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Exaggerate, add detail

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Precarious

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Dangerous, unstable

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Pious

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Very religious

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Candid

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Honest

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Provincial

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Unsophisticated

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Refute

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To deny

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Servile

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To act as a servant

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Discord

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Disagreement

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Obscure

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Hard to see

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Innovate

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To create/invent

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Garb

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Clothing

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Pragmatic

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Practical

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Enigma

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Mystery

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Virulent

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dangerous

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Articulate

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To speak well

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Insipid

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Boing, bland, blah

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Hedonistic

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Pleasure seeking, selfish

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Assuage

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To soothe, calm

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Avaricious

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Greedy

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Amity

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Friendship

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Anathema

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Curse

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Condone

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To forgive

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Indolence

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Laziness

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Insolence

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Rudeness

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Levity

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Humor

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Disparage

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To talk badly about

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Astute

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Clever

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Analogous

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Comparable

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Saccharine

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Overly sweet/ fake sweet

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Preclude

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To make impossible

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Volatile

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Unstable/ changeable

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Peripheral

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The outer edge

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Caustic

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Burning, complimentary

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Aesthetic

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Ability to appreciate art/ beauty

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Ascetic

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Self denial, denying worldly pleasure

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Capricious

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Unpredictable

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Rescind

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To repeal

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Ambivalent

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Undecided, empathetic

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Innocuous

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Harmless

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Emulate

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To copy something/ someone