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Vocabulary Day 13-14 Flashcards

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1
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Anthropomorphic

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Ascribing human characteristics to object

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Apex

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Highest point

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Appellation

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A name

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Appraise

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To give notice to; to inform

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Auxiliary

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Secondary; additional; giving assistance

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Amenable

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Obedient; willing to give in to the wishes of another; agreeable

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Anachronism

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Something out of place in time or history; an incongruity

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Assiduous

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Hardworking; busy; quite diligent

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Benediction

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A blessing; an utterance of good wishes

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Benighted

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Ignorant; unenlightened

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Cascade

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A waterfall

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Comprise

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To consist of

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Concord

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Harmony; agreement

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Concurrent

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Happening at the same time; parallel

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Conjecture

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To guess; to deduce or infer on slight evidence

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Discriminate

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To notice or point out the difference between two or more things; to discern

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Disparate

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Different; incompatible; unequal

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Distend

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To swell; to extend a great deal

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Debacle

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Violent breakdown; sudden overthrow; overwhelming defeat

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Exempt

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Excuse; not subject to

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Exhume

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To unbury; to dig out of the ground

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Exorbitant

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Excessively costly; excessive

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Fiat

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An arbitrary decree or order

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Fiscal

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Pertaining to financial matters; monetary

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Gaffe

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A social blunder; a faux pas

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Harass

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To attack repeatedly; to torment or pester

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Intrinsic

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Part of the essential nature of something; inherent

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Idiom

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An expressing whose meaning is different from the literal meaning if the words

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Imbue

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To inspire; to permeate or tinge

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Impeach

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To accuse or indict; to challenge; call into question

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Lugubrious

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Exaggeratedly mournful

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Meander

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To travel along a winding or indirect route; to ramble or stray from the topic

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Melee

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A brawl; a confused fight or struggle; a violent free-for-a tumultuous confusion

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Noxious

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Harmful; offensive

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Opulent

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Luxurious

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Prelude

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Introduction; something that precedes something else

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Premeditated

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Planned beforehand; prearranged; plotted

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Presage

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To portend; to foreshadow; to forecast or predict

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Privation

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Lack of comforts or necessities; poverty

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Quiescent

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Motionless; at rest; still

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Resolute

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Determined; firm; unwavering

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Respite

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A period of rest or relief

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Repudiate

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To reject; to renounce; to disown; to have nothing to do with

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Reticent

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Quiet; restrained; reluctant to speak, especially about oneself

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Secede

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To withdraw from an alliance

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Serene

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Calm; peaceful; tranquil; untroubled

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Shrewd

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Wily; cunning; sly

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Singular

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Exceptional; unique; unusual

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Vitiate

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To make impure; to pollute

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Virtuoso

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A masterful musician; a masterful practitioner in some other field

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Altruism

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Selflessness; generosity; devotion to the interest of others

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Ardent

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Passionate

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Attest

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To give proof of; to declare to be true

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Auspices

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Protection; support; sponsorship

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Atone

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To make amends for

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Anguish

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Agonizing physical or mental pain

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Animosity

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Resentment; hostility; ill will

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Belligerent

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Combative; quarrelsome; waging war

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Bovine

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Cow related; cowlike

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Conservatory

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Usually one attached to another structure

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Contempt

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Disdain; disgrace

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Covey

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To transport; to conduct; to communicate

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Curb

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To restrain or control

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Contingent

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Dependent; possible

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Chutzpah

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Brazenness; audacity

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Consonant

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Harmonious; in agreement

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Deduce

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To conclude from the evidence; to infer

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Delude

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To deceive

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Decadent

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Decaying or decayed, especially in terms of morals

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Despot

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An absolute ruler; an autocrat

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Explicate

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To make a detailed explanation of the meaning of

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Exquisite

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Extraordinary fine or beautify; intense

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Extremity

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Toe outermost point or edge the greatest degree; a limb or appendage of the body

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Fledgling

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Inexperienced or immature

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Forebode

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To be an omen of; to predict; to foretell

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Galvanize

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To startle into sudden activity

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Harp

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To repeat tediously; to go on and on about something

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Impede

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To obstruct or interfere with; to delay

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Imperative

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Completely necessary; vitally important

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Impetuous

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Rash; over impulsive; headlong

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Impoverish

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To reduce to poverty; to make destitute

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Luminous

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Giving off light; glowing; bright

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Meticulous

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Precise and careful about details; fussy

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Modulate

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To reduce or regulate; to lessen the intensity

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Nebulous

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Vague or indistinct; unclear; hazy

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Orthodox

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Conventional, adhering to established principles or doctrines, especially in religion; by the book

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Procure

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To obtain or acquire by special means

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Propagate

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To reproduce; to multiply; to spread or disseminate

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Propound

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To set forth or propose; to offer for consideration

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Precocious

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Unusually mature; uncommonly gifted

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Quell

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To put an end to; to squelch; to suppress

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Rogue

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A criminally dishonest person; a scoundrel

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Revere

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To respect highly; to honor

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Rudimentary

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Basic; crude; unformed or undeveloped

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Rigorous

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Strict; harsh; severe

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Timorous

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Fearful; easily frightened

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Trauma

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Severe shock or distress; a violent would; a wrenching experience

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Travesty

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A grotesque or shameful imitation; a mockery; a perversion

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Vindicate

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To clear from all blame or suspicion; to justify

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Virulent

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Extremely poisonous; malignant; full of hate

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