Vocab List 10 (596-550) Flashcards by maddie Killeen

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ardent

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showing enthusiasm

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arrogant

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overbearing, proud, haughty

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assuage

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to alleviate, to lesssen pain or conflict, to pacify

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autonomous

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independent

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avid

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showing enthusiasm

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bungle

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botch, mismanage, spoil

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buttress

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truss, foundation, support

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corpulence

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stoutness, obesity

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coterie

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small group of people who share interests and meet frequently

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crass

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vulgar, grossly ingnorant, indelicate

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credulous

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gullible, unsuspecting, naive

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cryptic

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enigmatic, obscure, secret, puzzling

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culinary

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having to do with cooking, preparing meals

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divination

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prediction, prophecy, forecast

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dogged

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stubborn, determined

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dolt

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cretin,fool, dimwit, idiot

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dubious

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irresolute, incertain, moot

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duplicity

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cunning, fraud, trickery, deception

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expunge

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obliterate, remove, erase, exterminate

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expurgate

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delete, edit

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extpemporaneous

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sponatneous, impromptu

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extol

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praise, land, hail, glorify

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extradite

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transfer a person to another jursidiction for possible prosecution

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extricate

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remove, loosen, untie

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exuberant

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overflowing with vitality and good spirits

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furtive

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clandestine, secretive, surreptitious

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guzzle

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gulp, swill, consume to excess

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hoary

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frosted, grey, grizzled

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inveigh

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abuse, criticize, rebuke

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inveterate

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habitual, chronic

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irascible

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testy, touchy, irritable

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ludicrous

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outlandish, silly, ridiulous

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lurid

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shockingly vivid, horrifying, sensational

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mundane

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boring, ordinary, typical, tedious

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munificent

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generous, extravagant, philanthropic

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noxious

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harmful, malignant

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ostracize

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exclude, isolate, shun

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puerile

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juvenile, immature, childish

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pugilism

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boxing

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pugnacity

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eagerness to fight

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pulchritude

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beauty, physical appeal

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pulverize

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grind, crush, smash

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rudiment

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beginning, foundation or source

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ruffian

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brutal person, cruel and sadistic person

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ruminate

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contemplate, think about

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sybarite

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someone devoted to luxury, pleasure-seeker

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sycophant

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flatterer

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turgid

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swollen, bombastic, distended

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turpitude

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depravity, baseness, shamefulness

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upshot

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final result, conclusion, end

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voracious

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greedy, gluttonous, ravenous, insatiable

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vouchsafe

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confer, grant, permit

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woe

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anguish, grief, affliction

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writhe

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squirm, twist

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yowl

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long mournful cry