Vocab Book 1 Flashcards
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Relegate
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To banish; to put to a lower position
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Iniquity
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Wickedness
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Apposite
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Suitable; apt; relevant
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Callow
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Being young or immature
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Disparate
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Unequal; dissimilar; different
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Accede
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To comply with; to consent to
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Heterodoxy
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A belief or set of beliefs that differ from orthodox views
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Opulent
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Luxurious; rich
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Variegated
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Multicolored
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Traversing
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Traveling across
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Coerced
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Forced
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Sentient
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Conscious; able to perceive
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Pageant
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Elaborate public display
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Nomenclature
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Set of names and rules for naming
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Nascent
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Emerging; coming into being
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Wry
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Sarcastic; momentarily twisted
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Licentious
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Sexually immoral; lacking in moral restraint
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Bulbous
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Swollen; rounded
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Florid
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Reddish; excessively ornamented
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Hortatory
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Strongly encouraging
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Opined
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Expressed opinion
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Zeal
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Enthusiasm
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Zealot
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Fanatic
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Forestall
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Prevent; ward off
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Gouge
Cheat; extort
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Obstreperous
Loudly defiant
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Obviate
Make unnecessary
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Discern
Perceive; distinguish
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Besotted
Intoxicated; infatuated
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Contentious
Quarrelsome
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Valance
Short drapery hanging over the window frame
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Commodious
Spacious and convenient; roomy
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Macerate
To soften by steeping in liquid
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Decorous
Showing decorum; propriety; good taste
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Ingenuity
Inventiveness; cleverness
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Sublime
Awe-inspiring; exalted
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Gingerly
Carefully
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Venerated
Deeply respected
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Neophyte
Beginner
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Sentient
Conscious; able to perceive
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Nascent
Emerging
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Wry
Sarcastic
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Licentious
Sexually immoral
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Bulbous
Swollen; rounded
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Florid
Reddish; excessively ornamented
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Hortatory
Strongly encouraging
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Forestall
Prevent
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Obstreperous
Loudly defiant
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Obviate
Make unnecessary
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Iniquity
Wickedness
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Apposite
Suitable; apt; relevant
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Callow
Being young or immature
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Disparate
Unequal; dissimilar; different
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Accede
To comply with, consent to
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Relegate
To banish; to put to a lower position
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Discern
Perceive, distinguish
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Goad
Provoke, prod
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Petulant
Irritable, rude
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Despondent
Without hope
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Chagrin
Emotional distress due to failure
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Vilified
Maligned ; spoken very badly of
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Bombastic
Pompous ; overblown
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Officious
Intrusive, meddling
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Cogent
Well reasoned, convincing
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Descry
Catch sight of
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Quibbles
Trivial complaints
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Contentious
Quarrelsome
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Commodious
Spacious and convenient
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Macerate
To soften by steeping in liquid
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Decorous
Showing decorum; propriety; good taste
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Stoke
To feed fuel to; especially a fire
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Vaunted
To boast
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Loquacious
Talkative
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Ecomium
Attribute, a formal expression of praise
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Resolute
Determined, unhesitating
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Equanimity
Even-temperedness; calmness
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Fatuous
Foolish
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Torpor
Listlessness; inactivity
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Ingenuity
Inventiveness; cleverness
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Truculent
Fierce, eager to fight or argue
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Ungainly
Clumsy and in attractive
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Tumid
Swollen, inflated
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Abstruse
Hard to understand
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Recondite
Abstruse
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Cant
Insincere or hypocritical statements, of a particular group
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Skulk
To move secretly, implies sinister intent
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Profusion
Abundance
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Arcane
Mysterious
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Antipathy
Natural dislike
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Voluble
Fluent, great flow of words, talkative
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Nettle
To annoy or irritate
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Autocratic
Excessively controlling
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Winsome
Charming in a childlike way
