vocabulary 1-50 Flashcards by Malin Dos Santos | Brainscape

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amicable

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friendly

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ameliorate

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improve

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altruistic

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unselfish

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alacrity

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eagerness

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acrimonuous

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bitterness

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accost

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approach aggressively

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abstemious

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resistant (not endulgent)

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abortive

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failing to accomplish result

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abjure

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to reject something

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abhor

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detest, hate

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belligerent

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hostile, aggressive, confrontational

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banal

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lacking originality

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avarice

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greed

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audacity

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boldness

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artless

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innocent

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artifice

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dishonesty, fabrication, to trick or deceive

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ardent

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enthusiastic, eager, passionate

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appellation

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giving name to something, someone

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anomaly

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abnormality

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anathema

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something disliked

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choleric

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bad tempered

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celerity

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speed of motion

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caustic

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frätande

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capricious

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unpredictable

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cant

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hypocritical

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callous

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insensitive

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cajole

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to persuade someone

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cache

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hoard, store

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burgeon

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grow rapidly

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blatant

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obvious, flagrant

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cursory

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hasty

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culpable

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to blame, guilty

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contort

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twist or bend

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consternation

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distress, surprise, fear, fright

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conjecture

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guess, speculation

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conflagration

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big fire

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complicity

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involvement

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complacent

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smug, proud, gloating

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cogent

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convincing

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clique

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group

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disparate

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very dissimilar

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discern

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distinguish

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diatribe

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condemnation, criticism, bashing

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detriment

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harm to / of

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desultory

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lacking enthusiasm

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derogatory

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disrespectful attittude

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decrepit

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worn out

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decadence

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excessive indulgence

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debris

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waste, trash

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dearth

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lack of, poverty