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Vocab day 11 Part 2 Flashcards

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1
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aberrant

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deviating from what is normal

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abeyance

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temporary suppression / suspension

sent : our weekend plans were held in abeyance until we could get a weather forecast

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abstemious

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moderate in appetite / amount.

sent: alcohol should be consumed in abstemious amounts.

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aesthetic

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beautifying / artistic

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alacrity

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eagerness/ cheerful willingness

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alleviate

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to relieve/ improve quality

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amalgamate

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combined to make a unified whole

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ambiguous

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open to more than one interpretation; not having one obvious meaning./ unclear
syn : ambivalent, equivocal, enigmatic

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ambivalence

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the state of having mixed feelings or contradictory ideas about something or someone.
syn: equivocation , indecision

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ameliorate

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make (something bad or unsatisfactory) better.

syn: mitigate

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anachronism

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out of the chronological period

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analogous

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comparable in certain respects, typically in a way which makes clearer the nature of the things compared.
sent: “What sunshine is to flowers, smiles are to humanity.

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anarchy

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a state of disorder due to absence or non-recognition of authority or other controlling systems.

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anomalous

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deviating from what is standard, normal, or expected.

syn: abnormal, atypical, aberrant, incongruous, eccentric

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antipathy

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hostility/ a deep-seated feeling of aversion.

syn: antagonism, animosity, aversion, enmity, repugnance, abhorrence

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apathy

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indifference / lack of interest, enthusiasm, or concern.

syn: insouciance, nonchalance, torpor

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apprise

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to inform.

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approbation

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approval/ praise.

syn: assent, commendation, acclamation, adulation, venerate, accolades, plaudits, laudation

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appropriate

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  1. suitable/ apt in circumstance
  2. confiscate/seize
  3. devote money to a special purpose.
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arcane

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understood by few; mysterious or secret.

syn; covert, clandestine, enigmatic, esoteric, obscure, abstruse, recondite, inscrutable, impenetrable

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arduous / arduously / arduousness

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laborious/burdensome.

syn: onerous, demanding, heavy, toilsome

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artless

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  1. without guile or deception.
    sent: “an artless, naive girl”
    syn: naive, ingenuous.
  2. without skill or finesse.
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ascetic

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self-denying / characterized by severe self-discipline and abstention from all forms of indulgence, typically for religious reasons.

syn : abstinence, austere, abstemoius, spartan, self-abnegating, chaste

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aspersion

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Slander / false rumor / an attack on the reputation or integrity of someone or something.
syn: calumny, slander, maligning, libel, vlification, denigration, defamation.

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assiduous

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diligent/ hardworking

syn; industrious, sedulous

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attenuate

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weakened/ reduce force of something.

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audacious

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boldness/ daring

syn: intrepid, valiant, brazen, insolent(rude boldness), imprudent(rude boldness),

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austere

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  1. stern/severe/strict.
    2 self-denying.
  2. plain
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aver

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declare to be true.

syn: affirm(validate/confirm), allege, assert, avouch, avow, claim,

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banal / banally

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lacking originality/overused, ordinary,

syn: hackneyed, insipid, vapid, trite, platitudinous, prosaic, pedestrian

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belie

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to contradict / misrepresent / give a false impression.

32
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bombastic

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use of inflated/pompous language.

syn: grandiloquent, flatulent

33
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beneficial

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kind / doing good

34
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boorish

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rude / insensitive

syn: churlish

35
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burgeon

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to flourish

syn: accumulate, escalate, mount, proliferate

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burnish

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to polish

37
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buttress

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support / to reinforce.

syn: bolster

38
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cacophonous

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unpleasant / harsh sounding noise.

syn: dissonance, incongruous, chaotic, discordance

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cant

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  1. hypocritical talk.

2. jargon.

40
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capricious

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given to sudden and unaccountable changes of mood or behaviour.
syn: fickle(chnaging frequently), mercurial, erratic, vacillating, arbitrary(random choice rather than any reason), whimsical(unpredicted).

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castigated; castigating / castigate

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to subject to severe punishment.

syn: punish, chastise, chasten

42
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catalyst

A

something causing change

43
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chicanery

A

trickery, fruad

44
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coagulate

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thicken, congeal.
to cause to become viscous or thickened into a coherent mass.
syn:congeal, jell, jelly

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commensurate

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proportional

46
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compendium

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brief/ comprehensive summary

47
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complaisant

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overly polite/ willing to please

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conciliatory:

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reduce hostility.

syn: appeasing, conciliating, disarming, mollifying, propitiate

49
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concomitant

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existing concurrently.

syn: accompanying, coexisting.

50
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confound

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  1. baffled, perplexed, mix up.

2. refute(to prove wrong by argument/evidence)

51
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contentious

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quarrelsome

52
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conundrum

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puzzle with no solution, paradoxical.

53
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convoluted

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twisted, complicated

54
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cosmology

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study of the universe

55
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craven

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cowardly

56
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credence

A

acceptance of something as true

57
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decorum

A

proper behavious

58
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deference

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: respect and esteem due to a superior or an elder

regard towards something/someone bcz they are elder.

59
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delineate

A

to represent or depict.

outline, sketch, trace

60
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demotic

A

pertaining to people

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