Vocab Week 2 Flashcards

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Aberration

A

a state or condition markedly different from the norm

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2
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Abet

A

assist or encourage, usually in some wrongdoing

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3
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Abhor

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feel hatred or disgust toward

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4
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Beguile

A

attract; cause to to be enamored

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5
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Benign

A

kind in disposition or manner

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6
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Berate

A

disapprove of severely or angrily

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7
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Bereft

A

lacking or deprived of something

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8
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Capacious

A

large in the amount that can be contained

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9
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Capitulate

A

surrender under agreed conditions

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10
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Capricious

A

determined by chance or impulse rather than by necessity

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11
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Deferential

A

showing courteous regard for people’s feelings

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12
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Defile

A

make dirty or spotty

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13
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Deft

A

skillful in physical movements; especially of the hands

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14
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Efficacious

A

giving the power to produce an intended result

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15
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Effrontery

A

audacious behavior that you have no right to

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16
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Effulgent

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radiating or as if radiating light

17
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Egregious

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outrageously bad or reprehensible

18
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Fallacious

A

containing or based on incorrect reasoning

19
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Fatuous

A

devoid of intelligence

20
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Fortuitous

A

lucky; occurring by happy chance