Vocab 31-60 Flashcards

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Amnesty

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Official pardon for those who have broken the law

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2
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Amorous

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Strongly fed by love usually sex

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3
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Amorphous

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Lacking a distinctive shape

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4
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Anecdote

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A short and entertaining story about a person or thing (usually amusing)

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5
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Antebellum

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Before the war

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6
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Antecedent

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Coming before in time or preceding

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7
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Antipathy

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Definite dislike, repulsion or aversion

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8
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Apartheid

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Racial separation or injustice

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9
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Apostate

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One who deserts his faith or principles

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10
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Appellate

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Having power to review or reverse (a court power)

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11
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Approbation

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Approval; commendation

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12
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Appropriate

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To set aside for a particular purpose, or private use

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13
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Ardent

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Impassioned, fiery

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14
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Artful

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Skillful and cunning

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15
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Ascetic

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Austere, self-denying

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16
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Askew

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Crooked, skewed

17
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Assuage

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To relive soothe or pacify

18
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Audacity

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Boldness daring

19
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Austere

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Strict, severely simple

20
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Autonomous

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Independent or self-governing

21
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Avarice

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Greed, desire for wealth

22
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Axiom

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A universally recognized truth

23
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Banal

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Ordinary, commonplace, trite

24
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Bastion

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Stronghold fortress

25
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Belabor

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To harp on, to roast, to abuse verbally

26
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Bellicose

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Quarrelsome, warlike

27
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Bereaved

A

Deprived by loss of a loved one

28
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Bibliophile

A

Booker

29
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Bilk

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To avoid payment or cheat

30
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Blight

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Something that injures or destroys