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Vocab 5+7 2024-2025 Flashcards

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solemn

A

serious, formal, grave

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deferential

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showing respect toward others who are superior

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amiable

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friendly; displaying a positive and supportive attitude

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mar

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to impair; to make less than perfect; to ruin

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poignant

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evoking keen sadness; touching; moving

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impugn

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to dispute in validity; to fact check

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ascertain

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to find out for certain

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pragmatic

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deal with things in sensible and realistic ways

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inconsequential

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illogical; not yielding effective results

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audacious

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bold; openly showing a desire to take risks

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clandestine

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secretive and hidden; hard to see

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perennial

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lasting for a long time; enduring

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ephemeral

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lasting a very short time

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14
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squander

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to waste money or resources

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analogous

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similar or comparable in a limited way/similar in appearance but different in structure

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sedulous

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hardworking and attentive

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restive

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restless; agitated

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solvent

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able to pay all debts

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aggregate

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a whole created by combining distinct/different parts

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correlation

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a connection between two or more things

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alacrity

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eagerness, speed

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ameliorate

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to improve

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brusque

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short, abrupt, dismissive

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buffet

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to strike with force/an arrangement of food set out on a table

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chide

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to voice disapproval

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chastise

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to criticize severely

27
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cupidity

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greed, strong desire

28
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debase

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to lower the quality or esteem of something

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decorous

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socially proper, appropriate

30
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effervescent

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bubbly, lively

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egregious

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extremely bad

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enervate

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to weaken, exhaust

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fallacious

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incorrect, misleading

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fastidious

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meticulous, demanding, having high and often unattainable standards

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hapless

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unlucky

36
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harangue

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a ranting speech/to give such a speech

37
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idiosyncratic

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peculiar to one person; highly individualized

38
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impudent

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casually rude, insolent, impertinent

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latent

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hidden but capable of being exposed

40
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laudatory

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expressing admiration or praise

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