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Vocabulary Day 9-10 Flashcards

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1
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Allot

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To apportion, allocate, or assign

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Amid

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In the middle of

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Ancillary

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Subordinate; providing assistance

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Annuity

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An annual allowance or income

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Antedate

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To be older than; to have come before

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Anthology

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Collection; especially of literary works

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Behest

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Command; order

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Bona-Fide

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Sincere

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Compromise

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a Settlement of differences in which each side gives

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Concede

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To acknowledge as true or right to grant or yield

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Concave

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Curved inward

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Confederate

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An ally; an accomplice

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Confer

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To exchange ideas; to consult with; to bestow

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Disposition

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Characteristic attitude; state of mind; inclination arrangement

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Dissident

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A person who disagrees or dissent

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Distinct

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Separate; different; clear and unmistakable

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Divine

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To intuit; to prophesy

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Extrovert

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An open, outgoing person

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Eclipse

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To block of light of

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Efficacy

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Effectiveness

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Estrange

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To make unfriendly

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Ethics

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Moral standards governing behavior

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Evince

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To demonstrate convincingly; to prove

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Excise

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To remove by cutting, or as if by cutting

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Fallacy

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A false notation or belief; a misconception

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Frenetic

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Frantic; frenzied; Fast and energetic in a rather wild and uncontrolled way

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Gastronomy

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The art of eating well

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Husbandry

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Thrifty management of resources; livestock farming

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Innate

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Existing since birth; inborn; inherent

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Insatiable

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Hard or impossible to satisfy; greedy; avaricious

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Insinuate

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To hint; to creep in

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Insipid

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Dull; bland; banal

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Levity

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Lightness; frivolity; numerousness

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Mitigate

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To moderate the effect of something

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Mollify

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To soften; to soothe; to pacify

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Nebulous

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Vague; hazy; indistinct

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Obtuse

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Insensitive; blockhead

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Precipitate

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To cause to happen abruptly

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Prodigious

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Extraordinary; enormous

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precipitous

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Steep

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Preclude

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To prevent something from ever happening

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Reprimand

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Stern reproof; official rebuke

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Remuneration

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Payment; recompense

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Repugnant

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Repulsive; offensive; disgusting

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Retort

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To make a sharp reply

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Revamp

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To revise; to renovate

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Tenacious

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Persistent; stubborn; not letting go

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Transcend

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To go beyond or above; to surpass

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Unctuous

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Oily, both literally and figuratively; insincere

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Underscore

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To underline; to emphasize

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APT

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Appropriate; having a tendency to; likely

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Archives

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Place where historical documents are stored

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Arid

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Very dry; lacking life, interest, or imagination

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Ascertain

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To determine with certainty

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Astringent

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Harsh; severe; withering

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Attribute

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To credit to or assign; to ascribe

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Bland

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Mild; tasteless; dull; unlively

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Baroque

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Extravagantly ornate; flamboyant; Highly ornate and extravagant in style

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Conviction

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Strong belief; a determination of guilt

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Cordial

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Gracious; warm; sincere

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Corrosive

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Eating away; destructive

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Crestfallen

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Dejected; dispirited

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Critique

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A critical review

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Demagogue

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A leader of the people, but more a rabble rouser

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Divulge

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To reveal especially reveal something that has been a secret

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Dour

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Forbidding; severe; gloomy

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Depravity

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Inhabitant; Moral corruption

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Emaciate

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To make extremely thin through starvation or illness

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Emanate

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To come forth; to issue; Issue or spread out from (a source)

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Emancipate

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To liberate; to free from bondage or restraint

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Ebb

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To diminish; to recede

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Exuberant

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Highly joyous or enthusiastic; overflowing; lavish

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Envision

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To imagine; to foresee

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Faux

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False

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Fester

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To generate pus; to decay

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Genocide

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Extermination of a national, radical, or religious group

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Hyperbole

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An exaggeration used as a figure of speech; exaggeration

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Insolent

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Arrogant; insulting

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Instigate

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To provoke; to stir up

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Insular

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Like an island; isolated

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Integral

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Essential

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Litigate

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To engage in legal proceedings

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Moribund

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Dying

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Morose

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Gloomy; sullen

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Nefarious

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Evil; flagrantly wicked

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Omniscient

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All-knowing; having infinite wisdom

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Preeminent

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Better than anyone else; outstanding; supreme

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Pandemic

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Prevalent throughout a large area

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Prevail

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To triumph; to overcome rivals; (with on, upon, or with) to persuade

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Pristine

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Original; unspoiled; pure

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Quaint

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Pleasantly old-fashioned; picturesque

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Rife

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Occurring frequently; widespread; common; swarming

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Rivet

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To engross; to hold firmly

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Rue

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To mourn; to regret

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Recondite

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Hard to understand; over one’s head

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Sentiment

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Able to perceive by the senses; conscious; General feeling or opinion

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Serendipity

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Accidental good fortune; discovering good things without looking for them

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Servile

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Submissive and subservient; like a servant

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Veneer

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Facade; coating; outward appearance

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Verge

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Border; brink; edge

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