Vocab day 11 part 1 Flashcards
1
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beneficent
A
doing good
2
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bifurcate
A
to divide into parts
3
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blandishment
A
flattery
4
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blase
A
nonchalant, unconcerned
5
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bolster
A
support, reinforce
6
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bombastic
A
pompous language
7
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boorish
A
rude, insensitive
8
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bovine
A
cow like
9
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brazen
A
bold, shameless
10
Q
broach
A
bring up a topic/ subject for the first time
“amy dumped sheldon before he can broach the subject of asking her out”
11
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axiomatic
A
taken for granted
12
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bacchanalian
A
excessive indulgence in drugs and sex, revelry
13
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banal
A
commonplace, trite
14
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banter
A
playful arguement
15
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bard
A
poet
16
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brawdy
A
obscene
17
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beautify
A
to sanctify, to bless
18
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bedizen
A
to dress in showy, vulgar manner
19
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behemoth
A
a huge creature
20
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belie
A
to give a false impression
21
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asylum
A
a place of shelter
22
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atavism
A
a reappearance of character in an organism after years of absence
23
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attenuate
A
to weaken
24
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audacious
A
bold, daring
25
austere
stern
26
autonomous
self governed
27
avarice
greed
28
aver
declare to be true
29
avocation
secondary occupation
30
avuncular
like an uncle, benevolent
31
astringent
harsh, severe
32
assuage
to make less severe
33
assiduous
diligent, hard working
34
aspersion
Slander
35
asperity
severity, harshness, irritability
36
ascetic
one who practice self denial
37
artless
guileless, naive
38
artifact
item made by human
39
arrest
to stop
40
argot
a specialized vocabulary used by a group
41
appellation
name, title
42
apposite
apt in the circumstances or in relation to something.
43
apprise
to inform
44
approbation
praise
45
appropriate
confiscate, to take in possession for one's own use
46
apropos
relevant
47
arabesque
1. curved ornate design.
| 2. ballet position
48
archeology
study of human past
49
ardor
great enthusiasm or passion.
50
arduous
laborious
51
arcane
: known or knowable only to a few people : SECRET
| syn : abstruse, deep, esoteric, hermetic (also hermetical), profound, recondite
