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Vocab(3) Flashcards

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Servile

A

Excessive will to serve

Sub servant

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Partisan

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Biased
Supporter
Partial

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Periphery

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Outer limits or edge
Outskirts
Fringe

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Marginalize

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Treat someone as insignificant

Diminish demean

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Inexorable

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Unyielding

Unstoppable

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Affable

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Friendly

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Chagrin

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Distressed or humiliated

Dismayed

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Harbinger

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Something that announces the approach of another
Sign
Indication
Herald

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Boon

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Something helpful
Advantage
Blessing

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Vex

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Make someone annoyed
Distress
Agitate

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Bane

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Cause of distress

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Beguile

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Charm or trick someone
Fool
Deceive

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Beleaguer

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Besieged
Hard pressed
In difficulties
Troubled

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Perfunctory

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Carried out with minimum effort
Careless
automatic

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Bohemian

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Informal social habits
Nonconformist
Avant-garde
Free spirited

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Transient

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Temporary

Ephemeral

16
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Euphonious

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Pleasing to the ear

Mellifluous

17
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Prerogative

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A right or privilege

18
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Castigation

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Diatribe

Discipline

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Extemporaneous

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Done without preparation

Improvise

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Gaffe

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Blunder

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Nonchalance

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Feeling calm and relaxed

22
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Ubiquity

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Omnipresent

23
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Pervasive

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Spread widely

Extensive

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Celerity

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Swiftness

Alacrity

25
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Hallmark

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Symbol of authentication

Often a stamp

26
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Salubrious

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Healthy or health giving

Beneficial

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Illusory

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Adj for illusion

Deceptive

28
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Temperate

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Mild

Moderate

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