Vocabulary 3 3rd Quarter Flashcards

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amenable

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willing to follow advice

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bitter, caustic (burning)

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acrimonious

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willing to follow advice

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amenable

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cajole

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persuade by flattery

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ameliorate

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to make better, improve

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amorphous

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shapeless

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acrimonious

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bitter, caustic (burning)

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to make better, improve

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ameliorate

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persuade by flattery

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cajole

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buoyant

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capable of floating; cheerful

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calamity

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disaster

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debase

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reduce in dignity or quality

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elucidate

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to make clear, explain

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shapeless

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amorphous

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capable of floating; cheerful

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buoyant

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efface

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to erase or wear away

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reduce in dignity or quality

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debase

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to make clear, explain

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elucidate

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disaster

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calamity

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ferocity

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savage fierceness, violently cruel

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to erase or wear away

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efface

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savage fierceness, violently cruel

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ferocity

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flourish

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to thrive (prosper), to grow well

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impervious

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incapable of being entered, penetrated, or damaged

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ephemeral

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lasting only a short period of time

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haughty

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arrogant

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lasting only a short period of time

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ephemeral

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to thrive (prosper), to grow well

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flourish

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inane

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lacking meaning or point

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arrogant

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haughty

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indolence

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laziness

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incapable of being entered, penetrated, or damaged

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impervious

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laziness

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indolence

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infallible

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incapable of error

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languid

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slow, sluggish, weak

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indirect, devious, misleading

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oblique

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lacking meaning or point

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inane

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perfunctory

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acting with little interest or care

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inscrutable

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difficult to understand, mysterious

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incapable of error

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infallible

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slow, sluggish, weak

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languid

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difficult to understand, mysterious

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inscrutable

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malice

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desire to harm others

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oblique

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indirect, devious, misleading

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acting with little interest or care

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perfunctory

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showing or feeling regret

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penitent

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desire to harm others

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malice

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penitent

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showing or feeling regret