Vocab Words 1st Quarter Flashcards

1
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To humiliate or degrade

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Abase

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2
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To reduce, lessen

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Abate

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3
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To give up a position, usually one of leadership

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Abdicate

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4
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Something that differs from the norm

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Aberration

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5
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To aid, help, encourage

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Abet

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6
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To hate, detest

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Abhor

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7
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To sneak away and hide

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Abscond

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8
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To freely choose not to commit an action

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Abstain

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9
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Freedom from blame, guilt, sin

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Absolution

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10
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To agree without protesting

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Acquiesce

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11
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To caution, criticize, reprove

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Admonish

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12
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Relating to the appreciation of beauty

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Aesthetic

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13
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To bring together, unite

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Amalgamate

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14
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To make void or invalid

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Annul

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15
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A strong dislike, repugnance

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Antipathy

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16
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A burden

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Bane

17
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To trick, deceive

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Beguile

18
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Doing something good

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Benevolent

19
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A plague, disease

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Blight

20
Q

Excessively bold, brash

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Brazen

21
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a tremendous noise, a harsh mixture of sounds

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Cacophony

22
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Harsh, cold, unfeeling

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Callous

23
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Honesty, frankness

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Candor

24
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To surrender

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Capitulate

25
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Subject to sudden changes of mood or behavior

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Capricious

26
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Bitter, biting, acidic

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Caustic

27
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Secret

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Clandestine

28
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Friendly, agreeable

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Conciliatory

29
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A coming together

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Confluence

30
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A large amount

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Copious