Vocab List #3 Flashcards

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Aberration

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something different from the usual

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Abscond

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to depart secretly

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Acquiese

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to agree, comply quietly

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Adumbrate

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to sketch, outline in a shadowy way

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Adversial

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antagonistic, competitive

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Aesthetic

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pertaining to beauty or art

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Alchemy

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medieval chemical philosophy aimed at trying to make metal into gold

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Altruism

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unselfish concern for others’ welfare

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Amity

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friendship

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Anachronism

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something chronologically inappropriate; something out of place in time

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Analogous

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comparable, parallel

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Antediluvian

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prehistoric, ancient beyond measure

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Antepenultimate

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third from last

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14
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Aphasia

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inability to speak or use words

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Aphelion

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point in a planet’s orbit that is farthest from the sun

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Ascetic

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self-denying, abstinent, austere

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Aspersion

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false rumor, damaging report, slander

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Atrophy

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to waste away, wither from disuse

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Avarice

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greed