Vocabulary 4/3/14 Flashcards

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Bilious

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Associated with nausea

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Affinity

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Natural liking for someone or something.

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Cognate

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Related; connected.

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Corollary

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Proposition that follows from one already proved.

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Culdesac

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A street or passage closed at one end.

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Derringdo

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Action displaying heroic courage.

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Divination

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The practice of seeking knowledge of the future.

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Elixir

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A magical potion.

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Folderol

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Trivial fuss.

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Gamut

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Scope of something

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Hoipolloi

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The common people.

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Ineffable

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Extreme to be expressed

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Mnemonic

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Aiding

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Obloquy

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Verbal abuse

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Parameter

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A limit

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Pundit

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An expert in a particular subject

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Risible

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Provoke laughter

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Symptomatic

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A symptom or sign

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Volteface

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Act of turning around to face opposite direction.