Vocab: O Flashcards
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Obsequious
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Overly submissive
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Obdurate
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Stubborn
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Obsequy
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Funeral ceremony(often used in plural, obsequies)
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Obviate
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To make unnecessary; to anticipate and prevent
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Occlude
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To shut; block
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Occult
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Relating to practices connected with supernatural phenomena
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Odyssey
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A long, adventurous voyage; a quest
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Officious
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Too helpful; meddlesome
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Olfactory
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Concerning the sense of smell
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Oligarchy
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Form of government in which power belongs to only a few leaders
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Onerous
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Burdensome
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Onomatopoeia
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Formation or use of words that imitate sounds of the actions they refer to
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Opprobrium
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Disgrace; contempt
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Ornithologist
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Scientist who studies birds
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Oscillate
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To move back and forth
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Ostentatious
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Showy; trying to attract attention; pretentious
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Overweening
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Presumptuous; arrogant; overbearing
