Vocab test Flashcards

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contemplate

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to think about for some time

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2
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agitate

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to disturb or trouble

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3
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deprive

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not allow to have or to take away

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4
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desolate

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empty; alone

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5
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infer

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to conclude something from reasoning

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6
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shun

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deliberately avoid somebody

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7
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humane

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showing the better aspects of the human character, especially kindness and compassion

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8
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imprudent

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showing no care or judgment

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9
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privation

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lacking in basic life necessities (food, housing, etc.)

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10
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pernicious

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causing great harm, destruction, or death

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11
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profligate

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extremely extravagant or wasteful

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12
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debase

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to reduce to somebody in status, significance, or moral worth

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13
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lax

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not strict or careful enough

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14
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ineffable

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unable to be expressed in words

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15
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presumptuous

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inconsiderate, disrespectful, or overconfident, especially in doing
something when not entitled or qualified to do it

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16
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sunder

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to separate something into parts, especially by force, or be separated in this way

17
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fester

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to produce pus due to infection

18
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egotistical

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somebody with an exaggerated sense of his or her own importance, especially somebody who tends to speak or write about himself or herself excessively

19
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rapture

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overwhelming happiness

20
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abhor

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to disapprove of or reject something very strongly

21
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goad

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to provoke or incite somebody into action

22
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immutable

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not changing or not able to be changed

22
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scathing

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severely critical

23
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fetter

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restraint

24
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stint

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to skimp in offering, providing or giving something

25
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odium

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hatred or intense dislike for somebody or something

26
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loathe

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to dislike somebody or something intensely

27
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perdition

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the state of everlasting punishment in hell that sinners endure after death

28
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inevitable

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something that is certain to happen

29
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calamity

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disaster