Vocabulary Advanced Words Flashcards by Autumn Smithers | Brainscape

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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

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narrow down

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abortive

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unsuccessful

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accession

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acquiring a position or rank

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amorphous

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shapeless

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ascendancy

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rise to a powerful state

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beset

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trouble persistently

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exigency

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urgent need

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harbinger

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sign of a future event

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levity

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lightheartedness, silliness

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ossify

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harden, cease to grow

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palliate

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assuage, moderate

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panoply

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a magnificent display

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parlay

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increase

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paucity

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scarcity

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permutation

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variations in ordering

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piecemeal

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one at a time

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plebiscite

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vote by all citizens

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plumb

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measure the depth of

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plutocrat

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person who as power due to wealth

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polity

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a state as a political entity

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prevaricate

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fail to give a direct answer to

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probity

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integrity

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proclivity

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inclination

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promulgate

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promote, disseminate

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quorum

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the number necessary to take action

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realize

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make real

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Machiavellian

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politically crafty

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accost

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to approach and speak aggressively to

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belie

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give a false impression of

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echelon

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ranking

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halcyon

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of a past era that was happy

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harrowing

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distressing

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machination

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plotting

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maelstrom

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large whirlpool

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modicum

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minimal amount

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mollify

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calm down

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morass

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complicated situation

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moratorium

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indefinite postponement of an activity

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nadir

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lowest point

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nascent

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just beginning

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neologism

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newly coined word or expression

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nexus

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a link between two or more things

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ontology

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the study of the nature of existence

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pejorative

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insulting

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privation

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lack of something necessary

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qualms

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misgivings

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recalcitrant

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stubbornly resisting authority

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revile

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criticize harshly

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vernacular

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common or local speech

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vestige

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trace

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windfall

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unexpected gift, boon