Vocabulary Flashcards by Raushaun Williams | Brainscape

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Intrepid

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Fearless

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Indigent

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Poor

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Indolent

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Lazy

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Ignominy

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Shame

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Heinous

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Vile

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Haughty

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Superior

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Gullible

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Easily fooled

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Gruesome

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Shocking

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Gratuitous

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Uncalled for

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Fulsome

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Offense to good taste

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Eclectic

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Choosing the best

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Effete

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Worn out

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Efficacious

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Effective

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Effrontery

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Boldness

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Elicit

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Draw out

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Enigma

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Riddle

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Pastoral

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Rural

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Sedentary

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Stationary

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Quixotic

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Idealist

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Recalcitrant

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Unruly

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Decry

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Denounce

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Recant

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Take back

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Umbrage

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Resentment

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Ruddy

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Reddish

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Alacrity

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Eagerness

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Unwonted

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Uncharacteristic

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Iconoclast

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One who breaks tradition

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Celerity

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Speed

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Undulate

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To move in waves

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Intractable

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Hard to lead

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Verdant

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Green

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Ubiquitous

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Everywhere

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Malediction

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Curse

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Abase

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Humiliate

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Abate

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To lessen

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Beguile

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deceiving; charming

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Behemoth

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Something of tremendous size or power

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Chide

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To voice disapproval

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Contentious

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Having a tendency to quarrel

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Diffident

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Modest due to lack of faith

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Efface

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Obliterate

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Feral

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Wild or savage

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Impecunious

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Poor

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Debauch

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To corrupt by sensual pleasure

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Dissipate

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To disappear

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Enthrall

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To captivate

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Exhort

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To urge

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Capricious

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Subject to whim

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Abide

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To put up with

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Cleave

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To split

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Aberration

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A deviation from the norm

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Abridge

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To shorten

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Benevolent

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Marked by goodness

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Bereft

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Devoid of

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Adamant

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Stubborn

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Adumbrate

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Foreshadow

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Agnostic

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Doesn’t believe you can prove or disprove the existence of God

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Destitute

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Poor

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Disparage

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Belittle

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Garish

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Gaudy

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Heterogenous

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Of different kinds

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Hallowed

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Holy

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Modicum

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Iota

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Munificence

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Generosity

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Neophyte

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Newcomer

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Neologism

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New word

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Nadir

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Lowest point

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Maverick

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Independent

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Obstinate

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Stubborn

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Panacea

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Cure all

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Nebulous

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Cloudy

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Irascible

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Easily angered

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Officious

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Meddlesome

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Amorphous

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Having no definite shape