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Vocab Semester 2 Flashcards

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Antipathy

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A dislike of someone or something

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Cryptic

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Having a hidden meaning; obscure; mysterious

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Tacit

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Silent, unspoken

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Tenacious

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Stubborn

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Voracious

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Greedy in eating

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Expedient

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Useful for producing a desired result

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Lucrative

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Financially profitable

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Intangible

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Not capable of being touched

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Ostracize

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To banish from society or from social privileges

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Subjugate

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To conquer

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Vicarious

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Done or felt through the experience of someone else

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Vindictive

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Having a strong desire for revenge; revengeful

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Insatiable

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Not capable of being satisfied; greedy

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Impunity

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Without punishment; without harm

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Inane

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Lacking sense, pointless, silly

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Indigent

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Needy, poor

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Platitude

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A commonplace, trite remark

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Scrupulous

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Very careful to do the right thing; finding conscientious attention to details

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Succinct

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Expressed briefly and clearly; concise

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Enigma

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A riddle; a puzzling problem or statement

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Pernicious

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Causing harm, wicked

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Innocuous

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Harmless

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Obsolete

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No longer in use, out of date

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Omniscient

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Knowing everything; very wise

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Pseudo

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False, counterfeit, pretended

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Reciprocate

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To make return, to pay back for a compliment, a courtesy

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Ubiquitous

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Being everywhere at the same time; present everywhere

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Incredulous

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Unwilling to believe; doubting; skeptical; must be shown

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Homogeneous

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All of the same kind

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Deprecate

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To express disapproval of someone or something

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Connive

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To co operate secretly with someone; to have a secret understanding with someone

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Exonerate

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To free someone from blame or from an accusation

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Proximity

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Nearness to something

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Taciturn

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No speaking, not talkative

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Malign

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To speak evil of someone or something

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Exorbitant

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Excessive, beyond what is customary or reasonable.

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Impeccable

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Faultless

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Perfunctory

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Done mechanically, without thought or interest.

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Malevolent

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Wishing evil; showing ill will

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Benevolent

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Wishing good; showing good will

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Officious

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Offering help or advice which has not been asked for.

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Recalcitrant

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Stubbornly resisting authority; disobedient

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Malicious

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Being evil, arising from evil intentions; hurtful to others

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Replete

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Filled to capacity

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Salient

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Standing out, prominent, conspicuous

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Spurious

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Not genuine; false

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Transitory

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Lasting only a short time; temporary

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Intrepid

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Fearless, brave, daring

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Poignant

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Emotionally painful

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Sardonic

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Bitterly scornful; sneering; sarcastic

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Truculent

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Fierce; cruel; threatening

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Dilemma

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Situation in which one must choose between two unsatisfactory alternatives

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Eulogy

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High praise; a speech or writing in praise of someone or something

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Exotic

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Foreign; strange

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Querulous

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Habitually complaining

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Subterfuge

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A trip or plan for escaping something unpleasant; a deception

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