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Vocab Ch. 5-8 Flashcards

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acrimony

A

Bitterness or sharpness of temper, manner, or speech; hostility.

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affinity

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Attraction for someone or something with which one feels a closeness or kinship.

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ambivalent

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Having mixed, often opposing, feelings about something or someone; indecisive.

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cessation

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A stopping, either final or temporary.

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emaciated

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Very thin or wasted away, especially from lack of nourishment; scrawny.

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enclave

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A distinct region or community enclosed within a larger territory.

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engender

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To bring into being, to produce.

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exacerbate

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To make more severe, bitter, or violent.

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illicit

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Not allowed, improper, or unlawful.

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indigenous

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Naturally living or growing in a certain area; native.

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inexorable

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Not to be persuaded, stopped, or moved by entreaty or plea; relentless.

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infatuated

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Filled with excessive, shallow, or foolish love or desire.

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insatiable

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Never satisfied; greedy.

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poignant

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Painfully moving, affecting, or touching.

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proselytize

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To convert someone to a faith, belief, or cause.

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ameliorate

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To make better; to become better; to improve.

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baleful

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Expressing hatred or evil; harmful, ominous.

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berate

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To criticize vigorously; to scold vehemently.

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circumvent

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To avoid through craftiness.

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compunction

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A feeling of uneasiness or anxiety caused by guilt.

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condone

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To overlook or accept without punishment; to pardon or excuse.

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dimunitive

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Very small; tiny.

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euphemism

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A polite term used to avoid directly naming something considered offensive or unpleasant.

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expendable

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Able to be used up and then discarded or replaced.

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heresy

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The expression of shocking or unacceptable views.

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infirmity

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Physical or mental weakness or defect.

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profane

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  1. To treat with scorn or irreverence.
  2. Disrespectful of sacred things.
  3. Not connected with religion; worldly.
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recompense

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To pay or compensate.

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repast

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Food and drink; a meal.

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servitude

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A lack of freedom; forced labor.

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castigate

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To punish by criticizing sharply; to berate.

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colloquial

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Characterized by informal language.

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epitaph

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The words carved on a tombstone in memory of the deceased.

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exodus

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A mass departure.

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inter

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To put in a grave; to bury.

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lacerate

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To tear or cut roughly.

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largesse

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The act of giving generously; gifts.

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obituary

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A notice of someone’s death, such as in a newspaper, usually with a brief summary of that person’s life.

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omnivorous

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  1. Eating all kinds of food, including both animal and vegetable food.
  2. Taking in everything available.
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permeate

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To spread throughout; to pass through.

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rendition

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An interpretation or translation; a performance.

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resurgence

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A rising again to life, use, acceptance, or prominence; a revival.

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stereotype

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A generalization that is used to characterize a person without acknowledging individual differences.

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stipend

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A regular and fixed amount of pay for work done or to help cover living or work expenses.

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subservient

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Serving or acting in a subordinate manner; servile.

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adjacent

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Near or next to; adjoining.

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beset

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  1. To surround or to attack repeatedly.

2. To trouble or weigh down.

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cede

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To give up or transfer, especially by treaty or formal agreement.

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circuitous

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Roundabout; indirect.

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desultory

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Proceeding or carried out in an aimless or random way.

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galvanize

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To excite or arouse action.

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implement

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  1. A tool or instrument.

2. To carry out.

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inconsequential

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Lacking importance or worth; unable to make an impact; trivial.

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magnitude

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Greatness of size, power, or influence.

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materialize

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  1. To become real or actual.

2. To appear in physical form, especially suddenly.

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muster

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  1. A gathering, usually of military forces.

2. To summon or call forth; to gather.

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prohibitive

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Serving to restrain action or discourage use of.

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reminisce

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To think or talk about one’s past.

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vanguard

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The leading or forward position in a movement.

60
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visionary

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  1. A person who is given to ideas that are not currently realistic; a dreamer.
  2. Able to see what might be accomplished in the future.

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