Vocab Week 4 Flashcards
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Amorphous
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Lacking in shape
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Catharsis
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Purging of pent-up emotions
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Deter
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Put off; prevent
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Expedite
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Make faster
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Incarceration
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Putting in prison
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Machinations
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Plots and plans
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Overwrought
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Worked up; in an emotional state
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Preeminent
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Famous; outstanding
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Sardonic
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Mocking
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Unalloyed
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Undiluted; total
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Analgesic
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Medicine to combat pain
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Caucus
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Type of private political meeting
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Deteriorate
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Worsen; decline
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Exposition
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Clear explanation
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Incessant
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Without stopping
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Maelstrom
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Whirlpool; storm in the ocean
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Palatable
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Good to eat; agreeable
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Prerogative
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Right or privilege
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Savant
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Person with knowledge
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Unctuous
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Oily; using excessive flattery
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a - (an-)
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Not, without
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Amphi -
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Both, on both sides of, around
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Anan - (an-)
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Up, back, again
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Anti - (ant -)
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Against, opposite
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Apo- (ap-)
From, off
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Cata- (cat-)
Down, against, very
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Dia- (di-)
Through, across, between
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Alg-
Pain
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Bi-
Life
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Chron-
Time
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D(a)emon-
Spirit, evil spirit
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Ge-
Earth
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Log-
Speech, word, proportion, reasoning,
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Ly-
To loosen
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Mne-
To remember
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Pan(t)-
All, every
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Pod-
Foot
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The-
God
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Troph-
To nourish, grow
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Anonymous
Without a name known
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Antacritic
Not one who judges books, music,plays, etc. as for a newspaper
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Apostle
Any of the disciples from Jesus esp. The original twelve
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Catastrophe
Any very great and sudden disaster
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Aseptic
Without disease-producing bacteria
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Antiseptic
Preventing infection, decay, etc.; effective against bacteria, etc.
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Amphitheater
A round or oval building with rising rows of seats around an open space
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Anesthetic
A drug, gas, etc. used before surgery so a person is without pain
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Diameter
A line segment passing through the center of a circle, sphere, etc. from one side to the other
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Amoral
Without a moral sense
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Catapult
A device for launching an object against something else
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Anarchy
Without government
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Apocryphal
Not genuine or authentic
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Analytical
A breaking up of a whole into its parts to find out their nature
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Atrophy
A wasting away or failure to grow especially of body tissue, an organ, etc.
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Amphibious
An animal that can live or operate on land and in water
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Mnemonic
Of or helping the memory
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Pantheon
A temple for all the gods
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Anachronism
Anything out of its proper historical time
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Pantomime
A drama played without words, using only action and gestures
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Atheist
A person who believes there is no God
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Antipodal
Any two places directly opposite each other on the earth
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Analgesic
A conscious state in which pain is not felt
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Analogy
Similarity in some ways
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Antibiotics
Any of a certain substances, as penicillin or streptomycin, produced by various organisms and capable of destroying or weakening bacteria, etc.
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Anatomy
Dissection of an organism to study its structur
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Apotheosized
Identifying a person as a god
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Catalytic
A substance serving as the agent in a catalysis to speed up or sometimes slow down a chemical reaction
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Dialogue
Interchange of ideas by open discussion
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Pandemonium
Wild disorder or noise
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Amnesty
A pardon especially for political offenses
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Apogees
The point farthest from the earth in the orbit of a satellite
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Apogee
The highest point
