Vocab List 5 Flashcards by Inessa Malamura | Brainscape

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Edify

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To improve someone morally

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Ambiguous

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Open to more than one interpretation; vague

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Cataclysm

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A violent change; disaster

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Optimum

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Best; ideal; most favorable

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Importune

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To beg; appeal

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Celibate

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Abstaining from intercourse; pure

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Fortuitous

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Happening by chance or accident; accidental

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Recapitulate

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To summarize; repeat briefly

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Perfunctory

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Done without care; indifferent

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Baroque

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Overly decorated; ornate

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