Vocab Set A Flashcards

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Acquiesce

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Agree to, give in
Syn: accept, conform
Ant: disagree, object

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Acquisitive

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Inquiring, retaining

Syn: greedy, grabby

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Accentuate

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Emphasize

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Abrogate

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Disregard, breach
Syn: abolish, void
Ant: approve, establish

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Adulation

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Great admiration
Syn: fawning
Ant: criticism

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Affectation

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False mannerism
Syn: facade, false
Ant: natural, simplicity

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Affinity

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Fondness

Ant: dislike

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Aggrandize

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Increase

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Allegory

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Moral story

Syn: fable, myth, moral story

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Altercation

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Dispute, quarrel
Syn: argument
Ant: agreement, peace

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Altruistic

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Generous
Syn: benevolent, kind
Ant: mean, selfish

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Ameliorate

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Improve

Ant: worsen

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Anachronism

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Something out of place in time

Ant: misplacement

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Anathema

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Something hated

Ant: love

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Animosity

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Strongly dislike

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Anomaly

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Paradox, exception
Syn: irregularity, peculiarity
Ant: regularity, standard

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Antithesis

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Opposite

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Aphorism

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Popular saying

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Arable

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Cultivable, fertile

Ant: infertile

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Arduous

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Difficult