VOCAB 5-8 Flashcards by Jacob Evangelista | Brainscape

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Accrue

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To arise naturally

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Abstruse

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Difficult to understand

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Acquiesce

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To accept inevitably

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Besmirch

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To stain

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Explicit

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Fully expressed

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Histrionic

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Theatrical

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Impropriety

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The state of being improper

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Inveigle

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To lure

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Penitent

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Sorry for having done wrong

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Probity

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Honesty

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Purport

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To give the false impression of being someone

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Repercussion

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An unforeseen event

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Revelation

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Something that is made known

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Surfeit

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An excess

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Unsavory

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Being unpleasant

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Anathema

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Something that is intensely disliked

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Assuage

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To satisfy

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Avuncular

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Familiar and indulgent

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Convivial

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Sociable

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Eclectic

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Combining elements

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Epigram

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A short witty poem

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Expound

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To set forth

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Intrinsic

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Real or actual

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Inveterate

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Habitual

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Mogul

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A magnate

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Munificent

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Liberal in giving

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Nascent

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Beginning to exist

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Perspicacious

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Clear sighted

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Philistine

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One who is indifferent

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Propitious

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Encouraging

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Archipelago

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Large group of islands

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Careen

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To rush headlong

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Cavalier

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Arrogant

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Contiguous

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Adjacent

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Correlate

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To connect related things

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Etymology

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The history of a word

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Frenetic

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Frantic

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Kinetic

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Relating to motion

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Presage

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To foretell

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Pulverize

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To demolish

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Recondite

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Difficult to understand

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Repulse

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To repel

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Seismic

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Having to do with earthquakes

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Undulate

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To move in waves

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Upheaval

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Radical or violent change

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Betrothed

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Engaged to be married

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Blasphemy

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An act that shows disrespect

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Cadence

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A regular beat

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Canon

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A rule or principle

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Denouement

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The outcome of serious events

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Edict

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A statement of law

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Enamor

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To inspire with love

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Insensate

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Lacking sensation

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Renegade

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A traitor

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Soliloquy

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thoughts given in verbal expression

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Stricture

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A strong criticism

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Triumvirate

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A group of three

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Usurp

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To hold power in an illegal way

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Vestment

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An outer garment

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Votary

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A person who is devoted