Vocab Flashcards
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Condescend
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Deal with others kindly in a snobbish way
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Malevolent
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Wishing harm to others
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Illicitly
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Unlawfully; improperly
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Iniquity
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Wickedness or injustice
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Contentious
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Liking disputes or arguments
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Diminutive
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Very small; tiny
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Amiable
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Good-natured; friendly
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Arbitrate
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Disputes; decide
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Melancholy
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Sad and depressed
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Aloof
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Reserve; at a distance
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Placid
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Calm; quiet
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Asinine
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Stupid; silly
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Malignant
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Passionately malevolent; evil
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Perpetual
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Lasting a long time
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Acertain
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To find out with certainty
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Altercation
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A fight; a quarrel
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Articulate
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Speak clearly/distinctively
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Contemptuous
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Disdainful or disgusted
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Cordial
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Warm, sincere
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Curtness
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Harshness; rudeness
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Elusive
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Hard to identify
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Feeble
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Week
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Formidable
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Causing fear
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Inconspicuous
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Attracting little attention
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Inevitable
Certain to happen; unavoidable
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Innate
Inborn, natural
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Livid
Enraged
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Simultaneous
Occurring at the same time
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Undulate
Sway back and forth
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Unfathomable
Not understandable
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Acrimonious
Caustic, bitter or harsh in speech or manner
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Ambidextrous
Using both hands with equal ease
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Complacent
Content, often to the point of self-satisfaction or smugness
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Convene
To come together
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Cynical
Denying the sincerity of people's motives
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Discreet
Prudence are careful about one's actions
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Fluctuate
Shift back-and-forth uncertainly
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Impassive
Calm, not feeling or showing emotion
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Indigenous
Living or occurring naturally in an environment
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Infinite
Without boundaries or limits
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Irrelevant
Having no application; having no importance the topic at hand
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Mollify
To soothe, appease; to make less severe
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Scrutiny
Close, careful inspection
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Volition
And acts of choosing or deciding; agency
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Warranted
Justification or grounds for action; possessing a legal document allowing search
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Acquiesce
To consent without protest
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Acquit
To release from obligations; to clear of a charge
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Adamant
Inflexible or unyielding
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Arid
Dry or Baron; uninteresting or dull
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Bleak
Cold, bare; gloomy or not hopeful
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Connive
To cooperate secretively it a scheme or wrongdoing
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Contradict
To assert the opposite of what is being spoken, to be contrary
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Corroborate
To confirm or support
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Credibility
Believability, reliability
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Reluctant
To be hesitant because of doubts
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Drone
Idler or a loafer or to talk in a monotonous tone
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Fatalism
The belief that all events are determined by fate and inevitable
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Mortification
Extreme humiliation
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Perpetrate
To commit (a blunder or a crime)
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Reprimand
To rebuke or discipline severely
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Accommodate
To make fit, suitable; to bring into agreement or give consideration to
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Apprehensive
Fearful or uneasy about the future; anxious
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Disengage
To release from something; to withdraw or detach oneself
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Furtive
Sneaky; sly
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Garishly
Adorned with excessive color or ornamentation; Showily; gaudily
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Ghoul
Graverobbers; ghostly figment
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Integrity
Truthfulness, honesty; adherence to a moral code
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Lectern
A reading stand or desk used by speakers
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libel
Written statement that injures one's character; publish unjust to statements
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Mysterious
Relating to something unknown or questioned
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stolidly
Seriously; having or showing little emotion
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suspense
UnCertainly, anxiety; state of being undecided or doubtful
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Teeming
Swarming; overflowing
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Tension
Process of stretching or building up of something; inner striving, unrest
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Untrammeled
Unconfined; unrestrained; free in movement or activity
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Apparation
Ghosts, vision, or Spector
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Disposition
The temperament of a person or thing
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Exulting
Taking pride or reveling in glory
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Facilitate
To make easy or smooth the progress of
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indisputable
Certain beyond any doubt
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Keenly
Intensely or eagerly; with dedication
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Meander
To Rome or wander aimlessly
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Obscure
Ambiguous and hard to understand
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Ominous
In a warning matter; threatening and gloomy
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Prim
Formal and proper, almost into stuffy, snobbish way
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Relish
To take pleasure in
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Rigor
Severity, strictness; inflexibility
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Sneer
To scorn, mock, or laugh at
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Vex
To anger or irritate
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Vigorous
With energy; forceful and spirited
