Vocabulary #6 Flashcards

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Depravity

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Moral corruption, a wicked or perverse act
Synonyms: Abasement, corruption, debasement, debauchery
Antonym: Noble behavior

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Deprecate

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To disapprove regretfully, to belittle, to express mild disapproval
Antonym: To endorse

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Didactic

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Instructive, designed to teach
Antonym: Uninstructive

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Dormant

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Inactive, sleeping
Synonyms: Abeyant, latent, quiescent
Antonym: Active

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Enigmatic

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Mysterious, inexplicable, puzzling
Synonyms: Abstruse, ambiguous, cryptic, equivocal, obscure
Antonym: clear

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Erudite

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Scholarly
Antonym: Ignorant

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Exotic

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Foreign, unfamiliar
Antonym: Native

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Fuse

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To mix or to join (usually by melting)
Synonyms: Amalgamate, blend, coalesce, commingle, merge, mingle
Antonym: To divide

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Immutable

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Unchanging
Antonym: Fickle

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Incorrigible

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Incapable of being reformed or improved
Antonym: Amenable to improvement

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