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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

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To flood; to cover completely with water;

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Intractable

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Uncontrollable; stubborn; disobedient

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Intransigent

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Uncompromising; stubborn

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Introspective

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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

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Talking a lot or too much

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Mortify

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To humiliate

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Mundane

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Ordinary; pretty boring; not heavenly and eternal

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Nostalgia

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Sentimental longing for the past; homesickness

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Officious

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Annoyingly eager to help or advise

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Opaque

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Impossible to see through; impossible to understand

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Partition

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Division; dividing wall

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Patrimony

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An inheritance, especially from a father; a legacy

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Perpetuate

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To make something perpetual; to keep from perishing

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Perverse

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Contrary; stubborn

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Quotidian

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Daily; everyday; ordinary

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Relentless

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Continuous; unstoppable

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Remonstrate

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To argue against; to protest; to raise objections

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Renaissance

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A rebirth or revival

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Reparation

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Paying back; making amends; compensation

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Repercussion

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A consequence; an indirect effect

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Sanction

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Official permission or approval; endorsement; penalty

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Savant

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A scholar; a very knowledgeable and learned person

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Schism

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Division; separation; discord or disharmony

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Suppress

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To overpower; to subdue; to quash

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Vivacious

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Likely; animated; full of pep

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Vie

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To compete; to contest; to struggle

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Abysmal

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Extremely hopeless or wretched; bottomless

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Aloof

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Uninvolved; standing off; keeping one’s distance

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Adulation

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Wild or excessive admiration; flattery

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Acrimonious

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Full of spite; bitter; nasty

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Avid

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Eager; enthusiastic

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Avert

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To turn away

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Bucolic

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Charmingly rural; rustic; country like

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Broach

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To open up a subject for discussion, often a delicate subject

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Crevice

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A narrow split, crack, or fissure

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Cringe

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To shrink back with fear; to cower

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Conversant

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Familiar; experienced

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Converse

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The opposite

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Contumely

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Rudeness, insolence, arrogance

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Convene

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To gather together; to assemble

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Discern

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To have insight; to see things clearly; to discriminate; to differentiate

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Discreet

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Prudent; judiciously reserved

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Disdain

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Arrogant scorn; contempt

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Disparage

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To belittle; to say uncomplimentary things about, usually in a somewhat indirect way

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Epoch

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An era; a distinct period of time

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Estimable

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Worthy of admiration; capable of being estimated

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Evoke

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To summon forth; to draw forth; to awaken; to produce or suggest

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Fruitful

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Productive; producing good or abundant results; successful

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Fulminate

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To denounce vigorously; to protest

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Frugal

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Economical; penny-pinching

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Guise

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Appearance; semblance

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Habituate

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To train; to accustom to a situation

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Inveterate

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Habitual; firm in habit; deeply rooted; he better have ate to be a nveterate

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Irascible

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Easily angered or provoked; irritable

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Ironic

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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

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Moving from place to place

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Lucid

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Clear; easy to understand

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Munificent

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Very generous; lavished

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Myriad

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A huge number

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Notorious

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Famous for something bad

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Ordinance

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Law; regulation; decree

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Plausible

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Believable; convincing

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Pliable

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Flexible; easy to bend; easy to convince, persuade, or mold

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Precarious

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Dangerously insecure or unsteady

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Predominant

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Most important; dominant; having power over others

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Quay

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A landing on the edge of the water; wharf; pier

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Recant

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To publicly take back and deny (something previously said or believed) ; to openly confess error

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Reprisal

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A military action undertaken in revenge for another; an act of taking “an eye for an eye”

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Reproach

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To scold, usually in disappointment; to blame; to disgrace

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Reprove

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To criticize mildly

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Requisite

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Required; necessary

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Temporal

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Pertaining to time; pertaining to life or earthly existence non eternal; short-lived

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Thorny

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Full of difficulties; tough; painful

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Vogue

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Fashion; style

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Vagary

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Whim; unpredictable action; wild notion

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Vitriolic

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Caustic; full of bitterness

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