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Vocab Flashcards

1
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Malign

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Verb.

To speak harmful untruth

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Despotic

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Adj.

Of, pertaining to, or of the of a tyrant

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3
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Omnipotent

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Adj.

Having almighty unlimited power

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Insidious

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Adj.

Proceeding in what is an unseemingly way, but with harmful effects

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Ardent

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Adj.

Enthusiastic or passionate

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Pestilential

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Adj.

Harmful or destructive to crops or livestock

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7
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Alacrity

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P

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8
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Stanchion

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Noun.

Upright bar, beam, support

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Surmise

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Verb.

Suppose that something is true without having evidence to confirm it

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Eerie

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Adj.

Strange and frightening

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Ominous

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Adj.

Threatening, portending evil or harm

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12
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Sepulcher

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Noun.

Tomb, grave, or burial place

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13
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Perseverance

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P

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14
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Avarice

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Noun.

Extreme greed for wealth of material gain

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15
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Impious

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Adj.

Not showing respect or reverence for God

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Diverse

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Adj.

Showing a great deal of variety; very different

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16
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Distraught

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P

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17
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Fallow

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Adj.

A plowed land left unseeded for a season or more

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Dolorous

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Adj.

Full of expressing or causing pain or sorrow

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Celestial

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Adj.

Pertaining to the sky or spiritual heaven

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Conjure

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Verb.

Make something appear unexpectedly or seemingly from nowhere as if by magic.

21
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Penury

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Noun.

Extreme poverty

22
Q

Venerable

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Adj.

Accorded a great deal of respect, especially because of age, wisdom, or character.

23
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Unanimity

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Noun.

Undivided opinion

24
Q

Vestige

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P

25
Q

Placid

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Adj.

pleasantly calm or peaceful

26
Q

Arduous

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Adj.

Great exertion, labarous

27
Q

Monotonous

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P

28
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Pensive

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Adj.

Dreamingly thoughtful

29
Q

Transient

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Adj.

lasting only for a short time

30
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Aversion

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Verb.

Strong dislike or disinclination

31
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Efface

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Verb.

To wipe out

32
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Elation

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Noun.

Great happiness and exhilaration

33
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Mollify

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P

34
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Waggery

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Noun.

Jest or a joke

35
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Acquiesce

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P

36
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Sublime

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Adj.

Elevated or lofty in thought or language

37
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Logical

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P

38
Q

Recompense

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Verb.

To repay as for service, aid, or damage

39
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Pacify

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Verb.

Quell the anger, agitation, or excitement of

40
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Salutary

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Adj.

Promoting health

41
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Finite

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Adj.

Having limits or bounds

42
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Patriarch

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Noun.

Male head of a family

43
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Imperious

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Adj.

Assuming power or authority without justification; arrogant and domineering

44
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Surcease

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Verb.

To come to an end

45
Q

Ablutions

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Noun.

The act of washing oneself

46
Q

Craven

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P

47
Q

Fluctuate

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Verb.

Rise and fall irregularly in number or amount

48
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Resolution

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P

49
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Elusive

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Adj.

Difficult to find, catch, or achieve

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