Vocabulary Flashcards

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Cursory

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Quick glance

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Resolve

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Determination

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Reconcile

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Reestablish relations

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Brazen

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To be negatively bold

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5
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Mortified

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Deeply embarrassed

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Hail

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Call

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Poignant

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Emotionally moving

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Profound

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Provokingly deep in thought

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Ultimatum

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Final offer

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Avarice

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Greed

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Expugated

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Remove all obscene things from a work

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12
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Indifferent

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Unbiased

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Hindsight

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To know know something after its happened, to look back

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14
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Altruistic

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Selfless

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Orator

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Skilled speech maker

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Exalted

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To be praised or up lifted

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17
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Grapple

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Wrestle

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Loath

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Reluctant

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Inevitable

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Bound to happen

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20
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Sundry

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Various; miscellaneous

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Succor

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To aid

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Solace

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A source of comfort

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Archaic

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Belonging to a much earlier time

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Lamentable

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Regrettable

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Melancholy

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Sadness

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Haughty

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Arrogant

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Anecdote

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A short account of an event

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Loathe

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To despise or hate

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Chide

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To scold

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30
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Bereft

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Deprived of; lacking

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31
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Assertion

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A statement that declares a position on some issue or tooic

32
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Adversary

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Opponent

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Avert

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To prevent; to turn away

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Formidable

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Challenging

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Implement (noun)

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A tool

36
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Implement (verb)

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To use

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Implore

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To beg

38
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Indulge

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To allow

39
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Insidious

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Sly; sneaky

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Inviolate

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Uncorrupted

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Martial

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Warlike

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Prostrate

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To lie face downward

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Remonstrate

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To protest

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Revere

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To respect

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Sentiment

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Feeling or opinion

46
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Spurn

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To reject

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Subjugate

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To enslave

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Supplication

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Plea; prayer

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Vain

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Excessively proud of ones looks

50
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Vain

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Useless

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Vigilant

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Watchful

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Redirect

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Give a speech; persuasion

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Magnanimous

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Generous

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Assertion

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A statement that declares a position on some issue or tooic

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Adversary

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Opponent

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Avert

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To prevent; to turn away

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Formidable

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Challenging

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Implement (noun)

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A tool

59
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Implement (verb)

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To use

60
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Implore

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To beg

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Indulge

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To allow

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Insidious

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Sly; sneaky

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Inviolate

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Uncorrupted

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Martial

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Warlike

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Prostrate

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To lie face downward

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Remonstrate

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To protest

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Revere

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To respect

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Sentiment

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Feeling or opinion

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Spurn

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To reject

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Subjugate

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To enslave

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Supplication

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Plea; prayer

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Vain

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Excessively proud of ones looks

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Vain

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Useless

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Vigilant

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Watchful

75
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Redirect

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Give a speech; persuasion

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Magnanimous

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Generous