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Vocab set 1 Flashcards

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buoyant

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(adj) able to float or rise

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enervate

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(v) to weaken; rob of strength or energy.

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Incorrigible

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(adj) uncontrollable; unmanageable; not capable of being corrected or reformed

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Inexorable

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not capable of being influenced or prevented; relentless; unstoppable

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Irrefutable

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(adj)Impossible to disprove

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marred

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(v) made less perfect through injury or damage

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Parochial

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(adj) restricted a narrow scope or outlook; narrow-minded

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partisan

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(adj) strongly supporting a specific party, cause, or person

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Pique

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(n) a feeling of resentment or anger because of wounded pride

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Satirical

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(adj) attacking human vice or foolishness through irony or wit.

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Cajole

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(v) to persuade with flattery; to talk sweet

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Capitulate

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(v) to give in

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Egregious

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(adj)Highly noticeable in a negative way; conspicuously bad

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Prestigious

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(adj) having an honored nae or reputation; having presstige

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Reverent

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(adj) Feeling or expressing respect or awe

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Reverent

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(adj) feeling or expressing respect or awe

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Stupor

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(n) A state of mental numbness; a daze

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Sycophant

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(n) a person who tries to win favor through flattery

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Urbane

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(adj) smooth in manner; elegant;polished; suave

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Zany

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(adj) wildly silly or comical

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Aberration

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(n) An oddity; something different from what is normal or expected

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Composure

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(n) calmness of mind or manner; self-possession

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Congenital

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(adj) referring to a condition present at birth; inborn

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Elusive

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(adj) tending to escape; hard to catch hold of or identify

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Extol

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(v) to praise highly: exalt

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Formidable

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(adj) very challenging; demanding

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Inscrutable

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(adj) difficult to interpret or understand; puzzling

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precocious

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(adj) showing unusually early development or maturity, especially in mental ability

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trepidation

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(n) alarm or dread

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virulent

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(adj) very injurious; lethal; deadly

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Accommodate

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(V) to provide with something needed; make or have room for

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Clairvoyant

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(adj) having the supposed power to see things not perceived by the normal senses

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contiguous

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(adj)Sharing an edge or boundary

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debilitate

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(V)To deprive of strength or energy.

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Obliterate

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destroy utterly; wipe out

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Officious

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(adj) offering unwanted advice or services; meddlesome

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Preclude

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(v) to make impossible in advance; prevent

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Spurn

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(v) to reject or refuse with scorn

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Stealthy

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(adj) moving or acting in a cautious, deceptive way; stealthy

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Taciturn

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(adj) habitually non talkative; uncommunicative.

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Cordial

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(adj) warm and friendly

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Defame

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(v) to damage the good name or reputation of

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Discordant

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(adj) lacking agreement; lacking harmony

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Grueling

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(adj) physically or mentally exhausting

45
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indict

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(v) to charge with an offense;blame

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Indoctrinate

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(v) to teach a specific body of doctrine or point of view, excluding other opinions; to impose a partisan or one-sided way of thinking.

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Submissive

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(adj)giving in to the authority of others; obedient

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Sullen

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(adj) quietly resentful; bitter; irritable

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thwart

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(v) to oppose and defeat; obstruct, frustrate

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wanton

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(adj) senseless

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