Vocabulary Day 13-14 Flashcards
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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
A social blunder; a faux pas
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Harass
To attack repeatedly; to torment or pester
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Intrinsic
Part of the essential nature of something; inherent
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Idiom
An expressing whose meaning is different from the literal meaning if the words
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Imbue
To inspire; to permeate or tinge
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Impeach
To accuse or indict; to challenge; call into question
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Lugubrious
Exaggeratedly mournful
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Meander
To travel along a winding or indirect route; to ramble or stray from the topic
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Melee
A brawl; a confused fight or struggle; a violent free-for-a tumultuous confusion
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Noxious
Harmful; offensive
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Opulent
Luxurious
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Prelude
Introduction; something that precedes something else
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Premeditated
Planned beforehand; prearranged; plotted
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Presage
To portend; to foreshadow; to forecast or predict
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Privation
Lack of comforts or necessities; poverty
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Quiescent
Motionless; at rest; still
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Resolute
Determined; firm; unwavering
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Respite
A period of rest or relief
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Repudiate
To reject; to renounce; to disown; to have nothing to do with
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Reticent
Quiet; restrained; reluctant to speak, especially about oneself
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Secede
To withdraw from an alliance
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Serene
Calm; peaceful; tranquil; untroubled
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Shrewd
Wily; cunning; sly
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Singular
Exceptional; unique; unusual
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Vitiate
To make impure; to pollute
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Virtuoso
A masterful musician; a masterful practitioner in some other field
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Altruism
Selflessness; generosity; devotion to the interest of others
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Ardent
Passionate
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Attest
To give proof of; to declare to be true
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Auspices
Protection; support; sponsorship
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Atone
To make amends for
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Anguish
Agonizing physical or mental pain
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Animosity
Resentment; hostility; ill will
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Belligerent
Combative; quarrelsome; waging war
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Bovine
Cow related; cowlike
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Conservatory
Usually one attached to another structure
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Contempt
Disdain; disgrace
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Covey
To transport; to conduct; to communicate
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Curb
To restrain or control
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Contingent
Dependent; possible
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Chutzpah
Brazenness; audacity
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Consonant
Harmonious; in agreement
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Deduce
To conclude from the evidence; to infer
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Delude
To deceive
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Decadent
Decaying or decayed, especially in terms of morals
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Despot
An absolute ruler; an autocrat
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Explicate
To make a detailed explanation of the meaning of
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Exquisite
Extraordinary fine or beautify; intense
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Extremity
Toe outermost point or edge the greatest degree; a limb or appendage of the body
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Fledgling
Inexperienced or immature
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Forebode
To be an omen of; to predict; to foretell
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Galvanize
To startle into sudden activity
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Harp
To repeat tediously; to go on and on about something
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Impede
To obstruct or interfere with; to delay
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Imperative
Completely necessary; vitally important
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Impetuous
Rash; over impulsive; headlong
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Impoverish
To reduce to poverty; to make destitute
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Luminous
Giving off light; glowing; bright
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Meticulous
Precise and careful about details; fussy
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Modulate
To reduce or regulate; to lessen the intensity
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Nebulous
Vague or indistinct; unclear; hazy
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Orthodox
Conventional, adhering to established principles or doctrines, especially in religion; by the book
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Procure
To obtain or acquire by special means
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Propagate
To reproduce; to multiply; to spread or disseminate
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Propound
To set forth or propose; to offer for consideration
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Precocious
Unusually mature; uncommonly gifted
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Quell
To put an end to; to squelch; to suppress
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Rogue
A criminally dishonest person; a scoundrel
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Revere
To respect highly; to honor
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Rudimentary
Basic; crude; unformed or undeveloped
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Rigorous
Strict; harsh; severe
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Timorous
Fearful; easily frightened
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Trauma
Severe shock or distress; a violent would; a wrenching experience
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Travesty
A grotesque or shameful imitation; a mockery; a perversion
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Vindicate
To clear from all blame or suspicion; to justify
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Virulent
Extremely poisonous; malignant; full of hate
