Vocabulary Advanced Words Flashcards
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abject
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extremely bad, degrading
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accretion
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accumulation
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bemused
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confused, puzzled
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duress
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pressure to do or say something
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effete
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spent, worn out
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fetters
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constraints
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germane
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relevant
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hapless
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unlucky
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ilk
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type
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lethargic
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sluggish
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milieu
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cultural environment
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redress
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make right
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salutary
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good, wholesome
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sate
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satisfy fully
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sedition
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treason
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semantics
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the study of word meanings
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specious
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false, misleading
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stymie
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hinder, thwart
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surfeit
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too much, excess
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synoptic
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related to or forming a summary
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tantamount
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essentially the same as
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temporal
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related to time
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venial
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excusable, slight
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waylay
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stop, interrupt
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winnow
narrow down
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abortive
unsuccessful
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accession
acquiring a position or rank
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amorphous
shapeless
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ascendancy
rise to a powerful state
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beset
trouble persistently
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exigency
urgent need
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harbinger
sign of a future event
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levity
lightheartedness, silliness
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ossify
harden, cease to grow
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palliate
assuage, moderate
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panoply
a magnificent display
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parlay
increase
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paucity
scarcity
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permutation
variations in ordering
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piecemeal
one at a time
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plebiscite
vote by all citizens
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plumb
measure the depth of
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plutocrat
person who as power due to wealth
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polity
a state as a political entity
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prevaricate
fail to give a direct answer to
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probity
integrity
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proclivity
inclination
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promulgate
promote, disseminate
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quorum
the number necessary to take action
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realize
make real
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Machiavellian
politically crafty
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accost
to approach and speak aggressively to
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belie
give a false impression of
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echelon
ranking
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halcyon
of a past era that was happy
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harrowing
distressing
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machination
plotting
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maelstrom
large whirlpool
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modicum
minimal amount
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mollify
calm down
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morass
complicated situation
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moratorium
indefinite postponement of an activity
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nadir
lowest point
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nascent
just beginning
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neologism
newly coined word or expression
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nexus
a link between two or more things
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ontology
the study of the nature of existence
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pejorative
insulting
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privation
lack of something necessary
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qualms
misgivings
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recalcitrant
stubbornly resisting authority
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revile
criticize harshly
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vernacular
common or local speech
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vestige
trace
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windfall
unexpected gift, boon
