vocab Flashcards

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inane

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silly

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indolence

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avoidance of activity, lazy

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infallible

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perfect

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inscrutable

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impossible to understand

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languid

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lacking, slack, slow

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penitent

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feeling sorrow

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7
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perfunctory

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routine

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antiquated

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out of age, old

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dilapidated

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falling apart

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atrophy

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decrease in size

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clandestine

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held in secret

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12
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conciliate

A

combined or gained

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13
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cursory

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superficial work, not enough

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14
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derision

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feeling dumb, derided

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15
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enmity

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hate towards each other

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16
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extricate

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to remove yourself from a conflict

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17
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forbearance

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to be patient

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18
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friivolous

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lacking in seriousness, silly

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garrulous

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annoyingly talkative

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20
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impetuous

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characterized by action

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21
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industrious

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hard worker, active

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22
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infamous

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having a reputation of the worst kind

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insolent

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insulting speech or conduct

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24
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levity

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lack of steadiness or behavior

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25
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oblivion

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state of being forgotten

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26
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paradoxical

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not normal, unusual

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27
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perjury

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violation of oath

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28
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rancor

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bitter deep

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29
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sycophant

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self seeking flatterer

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30
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vacillate

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hesitate

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31
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vifify

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bring to life

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32
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accolade

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mark of acknowledgement

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33
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ascetic

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practicing self denial

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34
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bequeath

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to hand down

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35
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charlatan

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fraud

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36
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conflagration

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avoid war or conflict

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37
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diffident

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hesitant

38
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effervesce

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to show liveliness

39
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effulgence

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brilliance

40
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dearth

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lack, sus

41
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ethereal

A

relating to beyond this earth

42
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implausible

A

not plausible, not believable

43
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guile

A

duplicity

44
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imcongruous

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incompatible

45
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insular

A

like an island

46
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provincial

A

superior life

47
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sythesis

A

bring ideas together

48
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vigilant

A

alert

49
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voluble

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easily rolling or turing

50
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affinity

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a natural liking

51
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blasphemous

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porfanity

52
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buttress

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something that supports or strengthens

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corroborate

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support with evidence or authority

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deplete

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empty of principle or substance

55
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despotic

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ruler with absolute power

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replete

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full of, complete

57
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empirical

A

observation or experience

58
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homogenous

A

the same

59
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incontrovertible

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not open to question

60
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extraneous

A

coming from the outside

61
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irascible

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marked by hot temper

62
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laconic

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use of minimum words, confusing

63
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magnanimity

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to be generous, to be magnanimus

64
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scrupulous

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having moral integrity

65
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sublime

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overwhelming sense of aw

66
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surreptitious

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stealty

67
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spurious

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false, questionable

68
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veracity

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devotion to truth

69
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zeal

A

pursuit of something, commited

70
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amiable

A

being friendly

71
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vicarious

A

substitution

72
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discursive

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without order, out of order

73
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estrange

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to part ways

74
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exonerate

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clear from accusation or blame

75
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gratuitous

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not called for, not nessasary

76
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indignation

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strong amount of anger

77
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induce

A

to be influenced

78
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intractable

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unable to be changed or managed

79
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lucid

A

clear to understanding

80
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misanthrope

A

person who hates human kind

81
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munificent

A

generous, willing, lavish

82
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recluse

A

to withdraw from society

83
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stupefy

A

to make stupid

84
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terse

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smoothly elegant, positive

85
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transient

A

passing and changes

86
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adulation

A

to praise someone or something

87
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chimera

A

to imagine something

88
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culpable

A

to be guilty, to be blammed

89
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decadent

A

marked be decline

90
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entreat

A

to beg