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Vocabulary Group 1-4 Flashcards

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ameliorate

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become better; make better; improve; enhance (antonym. Worsen)

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amelioration

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improvement (antonym. Degradation)

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Conserve

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Keep from waste, loss, or decay; save (ant. Waste)

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Conservation

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preservation from loss, injury, or waste

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Conservationist

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One who advocates the conservation of natural resources

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detrimental

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harmful; damaging

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exotic

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  1. Introduced from another country; foreign (ant. native, indigenous)
  2. strikingly unusual; strange
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folly

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lack of good sense; foolish action or undertaking (ant. wisdom)

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formerly

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in an earlier period; previously (ant.now)

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former

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preceding; previous (ant. latter)

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harmony

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peaceable or friendly relations; accord; agreement; tranquility; concord (ant. conflict; disharmony)

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harmonious

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friendly; amicable

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ignore

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refuse to take notice of; disregard (ant. heed)

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ignoramus

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ignorant; stupid person; dunce; dolt; dullard; nincompoop

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impediment

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something that hinders or obstructs; hindrance; obstacle ( ant. aid)

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impede

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interfere with or slow the progress of; hinder; obstruct

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indolent

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dispose to avoid exertion; lazy; idle; lethargic (ant. industrious)

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indolence

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idleness; laziness

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intact

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untouched by anything that damages or diminishes; left complete or entire; uninjured (ant. imperfect)

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invalid

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not binding into law; having no force or effect; void; nugatory (ant. valid)

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invalidate

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abolish; annul

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invalid

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sickly or disabled person

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non carcinogenic

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not producing, or tending to produce, cancer (ant. carcinogenic)

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parsimonious

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unduly sparing in the spending of money; stingy; miserly; tightfisted (ant. generous)

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Parsimony

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Stinginess; parsimonious (ant. generosity; liberality)

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raze

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destroy utterly by tearing down; demolish; level (ant. erect)

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reticent

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inclined to be silent or secretive; uncommunicative; reserved (ant. Frank)

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Reticence

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Restraint in communicating (ant. Frankness)

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retire

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  1. Withdraw from active duty or business

2. Go to bed (ant. rise)

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retort

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answer; reply sharply or angrily (ant. ask)

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retort (n.)

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quick, witty, or sharp reply; answer

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subvert

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overturn or overthrow from the foundation; undermine (ant. uphold)

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subversion

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sabotage; undermining

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tractable

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easily led, taught, or controlled; yielding docile; amendable (ant. unruly; intractable)

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tractability

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obedience

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Baffle

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bewilder; perplex; fill with confusion; puzzle; frustrate

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baffling

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frustrating; bewildering

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cinema

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movies; motion picture industry

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39
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cinematography

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art of making motion pictures

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despise

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look down on with contempt or disgust; loathe; regard as inferior (ant. admire)

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Despicable

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worthy of contempt; contemptible (ant. laudable)

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ebullient

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overflowing with enthusiasm; exuberant; effervescent; high-spirited; vivacious

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ebullience

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exuberance (flowing with enthusiasm)

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exaggerate

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overstate; go beyond the limits of the actual truth; magnify (ant. minimize)

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exaggeration

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overstatement (ant. understatement)

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exhort

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arouse by words; advise strongly; urge

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exhortation

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urgent; recommendation; advice

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expertise

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specialized skill or technical knowledge; know how; expertness

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finicky

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excessively concerned with trifles or details; hard to please; fussy; particular; fastidious; persnickety

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gall

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make sore; irritate mentally; annoy; vex

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gall (n.)

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brazen boldness; nerve (ant. meekness)

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52
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inane

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lacking significance or sense; pointless; silly; insipid; jejune; vapid (ant. deep; profound)

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inanity

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foolishness; shallowness

54
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indemnify

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compensate for loss; damage, or injury; reimburse; repay

55
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Occident

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West; countries of America and Europe (ant. Orient)

56
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Occidental

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Western (ant. Oriental)

57
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Peruse

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read; look at fairly attentively; study

58
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perusal

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reading; study

59
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Scuffle

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struggle at close quarters in a rough and confused manner; wrestle; grapple

60
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Scuffle (n)

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Brawl; fight

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Spurn

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thrust aside with disdain or contempt; reject (ant. accept )

62
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Stipend

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fixed pay for services; salary; regular allowance awarded a scholarship; winner

63
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surveillance

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Close watch over a person, group, or area; supervision

64
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Tepid

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moderately warm; lukewarm

65
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tepidly

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unenthusiastic, lukewarmly

66
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wager

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risk something on the outcome of a contest or uncertain event; gamble; bet

67
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wager

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bet

68
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wane

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Decrease in power or size; dwindle; decline; sink (ant. wax)

69
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abhorrent

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in conflict; utterly opposed; loathsome; repugnant; odious; abominable (ant. admirable)

70
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abhor

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utterly detest; loathe; hate

71
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admonish

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reprove gently but seriously; warn of fault; caution (ant. commend)

72
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admonition

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gentle warning; friendly reproof

73
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ambrosial

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extremely pleasing to taste or smell; delicious; heavenly

74
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Confine

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shut up; imprison; keep in narrow; cramped quarters (ant. Free)

75
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Confinement

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imprisonment

76
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decade

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period of ten years

77
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detonate

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explode with suddenness and violence; cause something to explode

78
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detonation

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explosion

79
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ephemeral

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lasting one day only; fleeting; transitory; short lived; transient (ant. permanent; perpetual)

80
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gullible

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easily deceived or cheated; credulous (ant. astute)

81
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gull

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deceive; cheat

82
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haggle

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dispute or argue over price in a petty way; bargain; wrangle

83
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immerse

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  1. plunge or place into a liquid; dip; duck

2. engross; absorb

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immersion

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state of being deeply engrossed; absorption

85
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insomnia

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inability to sleep; abnormal wakefulness; sleeplessness

86
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insomniac

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person suffering from insomnia

87
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lapse

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  1. slip; error; accidental mistake; trivial fault

2. interval

88
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lapse

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cease being in force; become invalid

89
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probe

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critical inquiry into suspected illegal activity; investigation

90
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prober

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investigator

91
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render

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hand down officially; deliver; give

92
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rendering

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presentation; interpretation

93
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repast

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food for one occasion of eating; meal

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replenish

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bring back to condition of being full; refill

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score

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group of twenty; twenty

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snub

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act or instance of snubbing (treating with contempt); rebuff; slight; insult

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snub

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treat with disdain or contempt; slight

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suture

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strand or fiber used to sew parts of the living body; also, stitch made with such material

99
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unwittingly

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unintentionally; by accident; inadvertently

100
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acquit

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  1. relieve from acquisition; pronounce not guilty; discharge; exculpate; exonerate (ant. convict)
  2. Perform one’s part; conduct oneself
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acquittal

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exculpation; discharge (ant. conviction)

102
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complex

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having varied interrelated parts, and therefore hard to understand; complicated; intricate (ant. simple)

103
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complexity

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difficulty; intricacy (ant. simplicity)

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consign

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give, transfer, or deliver. as if by signing over; hand over; commit

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consignee

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person to whom something is shipped

106
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effrontery

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shameless boldness; insolence; gall; temerity; nerve; chutzpah

107
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excruciating

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causing great pain or anguish; agonizing; unbearably painful

108
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forbearance

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act of forbearing (refraining), abstaining; leniency; patience (ant. anger)

109
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hamper

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interfere with; hinder; impede (ant. aid)

110
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nettlesome

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literally full of nettles (plants with stinging hairs); irritating; causing annoyances or vexation

111
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Oblivious

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forgetful; unmindful; not aware; unwitting

112
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oblivion

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condition of being forgotten or unknown; forgetfulness

113
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Prodigious

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extraordinary in the amount or size; enormous; gigantic; huge; colossal (ant. tiny)

114
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Prodigy

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person of extraordinary talent or ability; wonder

115
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rejuvenate

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Make young or youthful again; give new vigor to; rejuvenate; refresh

116
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Residue

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whatever is left after a part is taken, disposed of, or gone; remainder; rest

117
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Residual

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Remaining after a part is used or taken

118
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Salutary

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favorable to health; healthful; curative; beneficial; salubrious (ant. deleterious)

119
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Scrutinize

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Examine very closely; inspect; vet

120
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scrutiny

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examination; inspection; review

121
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Supersede

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Force out of use; displace; supplant; replace

122
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Sweltering

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Oppressively hot; torrid; sultry (ant. frigid)

123
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Swelter

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Suffer from oppressive heat

124
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unruffled

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not upset or agitated; calm; cool; unflustered; imperturbable; collected (ant. discomposed)

125
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unwieldy

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hard to wield (handle) because of size or weight; unmanageable; bulky; cumbersome

126
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unwieldiness

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Bulkiness

127
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withdraw

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  1. Take back; remove (ant. deposit)

2. draw back; go away; retreat; leave (ant. advance)

128
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Withdrawal

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  1. Taking back; removal

2. drawing back; retreat; departure (ant. approach)

129
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Zany

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having the characteristics of a clown; mildly insane; crazy; clownish; loony

130
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Zany (noun)

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clown; buffoon

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