Vocab lesson 1-6 Flashcards by Devin French | Brainscape

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Adventitious

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Accidental, nonessential

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Aegis

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A shield; protection, sponsorship

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Aesthetic

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Pertaining to beauty

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Affection

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A phony attitude; pose

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Affinity

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An attraction to

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Agape

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Open-mouthed; surprised; agog

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Aggrandize

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To enlarge or expand

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Altruism

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A concern for other; generosity

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Animosity

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Hatred

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Adroit

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Skillful;clever

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Antipathy

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An intense dislike

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Antithesis

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An exact opposite; an opposite extreme

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Badinage

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Playful, teasing talk

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Banal

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Common, ordinary

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Bedlam

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A noisy uproar; a scene of wild confusion

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Beguile

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To deceive; to charm; to enchant

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Besiege

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To overwhelm; to surround and attack

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Bilious

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Bad tempered; cross

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Blanch

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To whiten, to make pale

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Blandishment

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Flattery

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Bombast

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Impressive but meaningless language

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Boor

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A rude or impolite person

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Bowdlerize

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To remove offensive passages of play, novel, etc.

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Brevity

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Briefness; short duration

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Cajole

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To coax, to persuade, to wheedle

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Callow

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Young and inexperienced

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Carnal

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Sensual, sexual

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Carrion

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Decaying flesh

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Cataclysm

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A violent change

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Caveat

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A warning

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Censure

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To sharply criticize

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Cessation

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A stopping

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Chagrin

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Embarrassment, or a complete loss of courage

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Chimerical

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Imaginary, fantastic

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Coalesce

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To blend, to merge

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Debacle

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A complete failure, a total collapse

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Debauchery

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Corruption, self indulgence

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Deference

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Respect, consideration

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Defile

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To pollute, to corrupt

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Delineate

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To describe, to depict

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Deride

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To ridicule, to mock

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Desiccated

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Dried up

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Desultory

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Wandering from subject to subject

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Deviate

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To turn aside

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Ebullient

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Enthusiastic

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Eclectic

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Choosing from various sources

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Edify

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Improve someone morally

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Effete

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Worn out, barren

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Egregious

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Remarkably bad, outrageous

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Elicit

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To draw forth, to call forth

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Elucidate

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To make clear

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Emanate

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To come forth

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Emendation

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A correction

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Empathy

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An understanding of another’s feeling

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Endemic

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Confined to a particular country or area

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Enervate

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To weaken

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Ennui

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Boredom

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Ephemeral

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Lasting only a brief time

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Epitome

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A typical example

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Eschew

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To keep away from, to avoid, to shun