vocab list 2 Flashcards

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Abet

A

Assist or encourage, usually in some wrongdoing

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2
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Abberation

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A state or condition markedly different from the norm

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3
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Abhor

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Feel hatred or disgust toward

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4
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Benign

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Kind in disposition or manner

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5
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Beguile

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Attract; cause to be enamored

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Berate

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Censure severely or angrily

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7
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Bereft

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Lacking or deprived of something

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8
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Capacious

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Large in the amount that can be contained

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9
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Capitulate

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Surrender under agreed conditions

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10
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Egregious

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Conspicuously and outrageously bad or reprehensible

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11
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Fortuitous

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Lucky; occurring by happy chance

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12
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Fatuous

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Devoid of intelligence

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13
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Fallacious

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Containing or based on incorrect information

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14
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Effulgent

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Radiating or as if radiating light

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15
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Effrontery

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Audacious behavior that you have no right to

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16
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Efficacious

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Giving the power to produce an intended result

17
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Deferential

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Showing courteous regards for people’s feelings

18
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Deft

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Skillful in physical movements; especially of the hands

19
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Defile

A

Make dirty or spotty

20
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Capricious

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Determined by chance or impulse rather than necessity