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Vocabulary Day 11-12 Flashcards

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Affiliate

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Become closely associated with

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Aggrandize

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To exaggerate; to cause to appear greater; increase in power, reputation, wealth

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Alienate

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To estrange; to cause to feel unwelcome or unloved; to make hostile

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Abstinent

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Abstaining; voluntarily not doing something;, especially something pleasant that is bad for you or has a bad reputation; abstinent isn’t an accident

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Anecdote

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A short account of a humorous or revealing incident

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Aptitude

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Capacity for learning; natural ability; aptitude at high altitude

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Bromide

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A dull; over familiar saying; bromide of a low tide

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Breach

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A violation; a gap or break

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Commemorate

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To honor the memory of; to serve as a memorial to

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Commodious

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Spacious; roomy; capacious

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Compatible

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Harmonious; capable of functioning, working

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Capacious

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Spacious, roomy, commodious

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Cardinal

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Most important; chief; article about a cardinal

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Downplay

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To minimize; to represent as being insignificant; to play down

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Dross

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Worthless stuff

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Didactic

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Intended to teach; morally instructive; pedantic; didactic and galactic

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Diffident

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Timid; lacking in self-confidence; diffident because he’s different

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Embryonic

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Undeveloped; rudimentary

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Empower

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To give power or authority to; to enable

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Epicure

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A person with refined taste in wine and food

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Fiasco

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A complete failure or disaster; an incredible screw up

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Foster

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To encourage; to promote the development of

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Grievous

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Tragic; agonizing; severe

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Hypothetical

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Uncertain; unproven; hypothetical because it’s alphabetical

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Inundate
To flood; to cover completely with water;
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Intractable
Uncontrollable; stubborn; disobedient
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Intransigent
Uncompromising; stubborn
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Introspective
Tending to think about oneself; examining one's feelings; The examination or observation of one's own mental and emotional processes
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Loquacious
Talking a lot or too much
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Mortify
To humiliate
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Mundane
Ordinary; pretty boring; not heavenly and eternal
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Nostalgia
Sentimental longing for the past; homesickness
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Officious
Annoyingly eager to help or advise
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Opaque
Impossible to see through; impossible to understand
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Partition
Division; dividing wall
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Patrimony
An inheritance, especially from a father; a legacy
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Perpetuate
To make something perpetual; to keep from perishing
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Perverse
Contrary; stubborn
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Quotidian
Daily; everyday; ordinary
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Relentless
Continuous; unstoppable
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Remonstrate
To argue against; to protest; to raise objections
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Renaissance
A rebirth or revival
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Reparation
Paying back; making amends; compensation
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Repercussion
A consequence; an indirect effect
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Sanction
Official permission or approval; endorsement; penalty
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Savant
A scholar; a very knowledgeable and learned person
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Schism
Division; separation; discord or disharmony
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Suppress
To overpower; to subdue; to quash
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Vivacious
Likely; animated; full of pep
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Vie
To compete; to contest; to struggle
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Abysmal
Extremely hopeless or wretched; bottomless
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Aloof
Uninvolved; standing off; keeping one's distance
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Adulation
Wild or excessive admiration; flattery
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Acrimonious
Full of spite; bitter; nasty
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Avid
Eager; enthusiastic
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Avert
To turn away
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Bucolic
Charmingly rural; rustic; country like
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Broach
To open up a subject for discussion, often a delicate subject
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Crevice
A narrow split, crack, or fissure
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Cringe
To shrink back with fear; to cower
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Conversant
Familiar; experienced
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Converse
The opposite
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Contumely
Rudeness, insolence, arrogance
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Convene
To gather together; to assemble
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Discern
To have insight; to see things clearly; to discriminate; to differentiate
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Discreet
Prudent; judiciously reserved
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Disdain
Arrogant scorn; contempt
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Disparage
To belittle; to say uncomplimentary things about, usually in a somewhat indirect way
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Epoch
An era; a distinct period of time
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Estimable
Worthy of admiration; capable of being estimated
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Evoke
To summon forth; to draw forth; to awaken; to produce or suggest
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Fruitful
Productive; producing good or abundant results; successful
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Fulminate
To denounce vigorously; to protest
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Frugal
Economical; penny-pinching
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Guise
Appearance; semblance
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Habituate
To train; to accustom to a situation
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Inveterate
Habitual; firm in habit; deeply rooted; he better have ate to be a nveterate
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Irascible
Easily angered or provoked; irritable
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Ironic
Meaning the opposite of what you seem to say; using words to mean something other than what they seem to mean
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Itinerant
Moving from place to place
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Lucid
Clear; easy to understand
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Munificent
Very generous; lavished
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Myriad
A huge number
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Notorious
Famous for something bad
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Ordinance
Law; regulation; decree
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Plausible
Believable; convincing
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Pliable
Flexible; easy to bend; easy to convince, persuade, or mold
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Precarious
Dangerously insecure or unsteady
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Predominant
Most important; dominant; having power over others
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Quay
A landing on the edge of the water; wharf; pier
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Recant
To publicly take back and deny (something previously said or believed) ; to openly confess error
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Reprisal
A military action undertaken in revenge for another; an act of taking "an eye for an eye"
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Reproach
To scold, usually in disappointment; to blame; to disgrace
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Reprove
To criticize mildly
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Requisite
Required; necessary
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Temporal
Pertaining to time; pertaining to life or earthly existence non eternal; short-lived
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Thorny
Full of difficulties; tough; painful
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Vogue
Fashion; style
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Vagary
Whim; unpredictable action; wild notion
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Vitriolic
Caustic; full of bitterness

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