Vocab List 6 Flashcards by Emily Horton | Brainscape

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Arable

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Fit for plowing, tillable

*able to be plowed

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Ascendancy

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Domination: growing power

*ascend=going up in power

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Atrophy

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To waste away, to wither

*trophy doesn’t last

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Clandestine

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Secret

*land was secret

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Antiquated

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Obsolete, out of fashion, no longer usable

*antique

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Conciliate

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To reconcile, to make peace, renew a friendship

*reconcile

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Cursory

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Superficial, casual, hastily done

*cursing is apparently casual

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Derision

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Scoffing at, mockery, ridicule

*decision to ridicule (make fun of)

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Enmity

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Absolute hatred

*enemy

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Extricate

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To free, to disentangle

*exit=free

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Forbearance

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Patience, lenience

*bears don’t have patience

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Frivolous

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Lacking in seriousness or importance

*joking around

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Garrulous

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Talkative, rambling

*Garrett (Gavin) is very talkative to Abby!

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Impetuous

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Violent, hasty, rush, impulsive

*pet rushes around violently

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Industrious

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Skillfully busy, or occupied

*industry, business

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Infamous

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Having a reputation of the worst kind, vicious, notoriously bad

*Tybalt is not famous

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Insolence

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Insulting or contemptuous behavior

*insult insol

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Levity

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Excessive frivolously, flippancy

*too much joking around

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Oblivion

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State of being forgotten

*sister is oblivious, forgets everything

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Paradoxical

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Something that appears false or contradictory but is actually correct

*sounds too good to be true but is actually true

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Perjury

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False testimony under oath

*lying before a jury

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Rancor

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Bitter deep-seated ill will, enmity

*rant at an enemy

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Sycophant

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A self-serving flatterer, a brownnoser

*waiter, backscratchers

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Vacillating

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Changing, fluctuating

*volcano changes constantly

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Vivid

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Bright, distinct, clear

*sister wears vivid clothes