Vocab day 7 Flashcards
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appropriate
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to take without permission; to set aside for a particular use
2
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arcane
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mysterious; known only to a select few
3
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artful
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crafty; wily; sly
4
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artifice
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a clever trick; cunning
5
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agrarian
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relating to land; relating to the management or farming of land
6
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augment
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to make bigger; to add to; to increase
7
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avow
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to claim; to declare boldly; to admit
8
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bereaved
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deprived or left desolate, especially through death
9
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benevolent
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generous; kind; doing good deeds
10
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blatant
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unpleasantly or offensively noisy; glaring
11
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blight
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a disease in plants; anything that injures or destroys
12
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beset
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to harass; to surround
13
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configuration
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arrangement
14
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conflagration
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a large fire
15
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confluence
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a flowing together
16
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congeal
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to solidify; to jell
17
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conjugal
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having to do with marriage
18
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dilapidated
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broken-down; fallen into ruin
19
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diminution
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the act or process of diminishing; reduction
20
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diffuse
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to cause to spread out; to disperse
21
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disaffect
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to cause to lose affection; to estrange; to alienate
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exacerbate
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to make worse
23
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exemplify
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to illustrate by example; to serve as a good example
24
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exhort
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to urge strongly; to give a serious warning to
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forgo
to do without; to forbear
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forbear
to refrain from; to abstain
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guile
cunning; duplicity; artfulness
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histrionic
overly dramatic; theatrical
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innocuous
harmless; banal
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inert
inactive; sluggish; not reacting chemically
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inexorable
relentless; inevitable; unavoidable
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infamous
shamefully wicked; having an extremely bad reputation; disgraceful
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legacy
handed down from the past; a bequest
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maxim
a fundamental principle; an old saying
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mediate
to help settle differences
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narcissism
excessive love of one's body or oneself
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obsequious
fawning; subservient; sucking up to; Obedient or attentive to an excessive or servile degree
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periphery
the outside edge of something
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pernicious
deadly; extremely evil
40
philanthropy
love of mankind, by doing good deeds
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philistine
a smugly ignorant person with no appreciation of intellectual or artistic matters
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robust
strong and healthy; vigorous
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rationale
underlying reason; basis; reasoning
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reactionary
ultraconservative; right-wing; backward-thinking
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recalcitrant
stubbornly defiant of authority or control; disobedient; Having an obstinately uncooperative attitude toward authority or discipline
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sanctimonious
pretending to be devout; affecting religious feelings
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sensory
having to do with the senses or sensation
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slander
to speak badly about someone publicly; to defame; to spread malicious rumor
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tantamount
equivalent to
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vigilant
constantly alert; watchful; wary
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to take without permission; to set aside for a particular use
appropriate
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mysterious; known only to a select few
arcane
53
crafty; wily; sly
artful
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a clever trick; cunning
artifice
55
relating to land; relating to the management or farming of land
agrarian
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to make bigger; to add to; to increase
augment
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to claim; to declare boldly; to admit
avow
58
deprived or left desolate, especially through death
bereaved
59
generous; kind; doing good deeds
benevolent
60
unpleasantly or offensively noisy; glaring
blatant
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a disease in plants; anything that injures or destroys
blight
62
to harass; to surround
beset
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arrangement
configuration
64
a large fire
conflagration
65
a flowing together
confluence
66
to solidify; to jell
congeal
67
having to do with marriage
conjugal
68
broken-down; fallen into ruin
dilapidated
69
the act or process of diminishing; reduction
diminution
70
to cause to spread out; to disperse
diffuse
71
to cause to lose affection; to estrange; to alienate
disaffect
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to make worse
exacerbate
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to illustrate by example; to serve as a good example
exemplify
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to urge strongly; to give a serious warning to
exhort
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to do without; to forbear
forgo
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to refrain from; to abstain
forbear
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cunning; duplicity; artfulness
guile
78
overly dramatic; theatrical
histrionic
79
harmless; banal
innocuous
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inactive; sluggish; not reacting chemically
inert
81
relentless; inevitable; unavoidable
inexorable
82
shamefully wicked; having an extremely bad reputation; disgraceful
infamous
83
handed down from the past; a bequest
legacy
84
a fundamental principle; an old saying
maxim
85
to help settle differences
mediate
86
excessive love of one's body or oneself
narcissism
87
fawning; subservient; sucking up to; Obedient or attentive to an excessive or servile degree
obsequious
88
the outside edge of something
periphery
89
deadly; extremely evil
pernicious
90
love of mankind, by doing good deeds
philanthropy
91
a smugly ignorant person with no appreciation of intellectual or artistic matters
philistine
92
strong and healthy; vigorous
robust
93
underlying reason; basis; reasoning
rationale
94
ultraconservative; right-wing; backward-thinking
reactionary
95
stubbornly defiant of authority or control; disobedient; Having an obstinately uncooperative attitude toward authority or discipline
recalcitrant
96
pretending to be devout; affecting religious feelings
sanctimonious
97
having to do with the senses or sensation
sensory
98
to speak badly about someone publicly; to defame; to spread malicious rumor
slander
99
equivalent to
tantamount
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constantly alert; watchful; wary
vigilant
