Vocab 561-580 Flashcards

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luxuriant

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growing abundantly, lush

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tedious

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long and tiresome, boring

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inclusive

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including everything

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zealous

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enthusiastic, eager

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exclude

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to shut or keep out

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gulliable

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easily deceived

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initiate

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to begin, set going

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rectify

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to make or put right, correct

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shrewd

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clever, smart

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fortunate

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lucky

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accumulate

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to gather, pile up, collect

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prosperity

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financial success

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concede

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to admit (often grudgingly)

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provoke

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to stir up; to stimulate, to action

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stanza

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a division of a poem, verse

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detour

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a roundabout route

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incisive

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clear and direct; keen

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larceny

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theft

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nullify

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to make of no effect; cancel; wipe out

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conflagration

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a great fire