Vocabulary List Flashcards by Malik Unknown | Brainscape

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Impugn

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to challenge or criticize

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Indigenous

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native

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Indefatigable

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Can’t be stopped, dogged, unflagging

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Ineffable

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can’t be spoken

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Reticent

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to be quiet

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Assiduous

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Diligent

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Excoriate

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punish or torture

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fulminate

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Thunder, explode

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Frenetic

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Crazy, unruly

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Apotheosis

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making of a God

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Foment

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To create or generate

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Galvanize

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brought to life or excitement

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Sanguine

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Happy, filled with joy

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Feckless

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INEFFECTIVE

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Inimical

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Harmful

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Irascible

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outburst

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Mollify

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To ease or pacify

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Unremitting

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never giving up

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Perspicacious

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Eloquent or insightful

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Languish

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lose strength

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Ubiquity

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seems to be everywhere

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Virulent

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Deadly, toxic

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Pusillanimous

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cowardly

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Quiescent

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Calm, reserved

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Obsequious

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To show reverence

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Eschew

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To avoid

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Petulant

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Sarcastic or irritable

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Consternation

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Confusion or amazement.

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Recondite

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To be complicated and difficult to understand

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Eviscerate

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to Disembowel or totally destroy

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Venerable

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respected or revered

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Sparse

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A few, not many

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Paucity

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Few, not many

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Iconoclast

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Rebel

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Interloper

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Invader, outsider

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Strident

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Shrill, sarcastic

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Loquacious

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Talkative

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Draconian

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Harsh, cruel

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Recalcitrant

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Stubborn

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Pugnacious

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Combative

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Contentious

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Combative

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Quixotic

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Idealistic but impractical

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Puerile

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Childish

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Prurient

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based on sexual themes.

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Pillory

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condemn harshly

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Myopic

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Thinking only of the present needs and ignoring the future

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Misogynist

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One who hates women

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Mendacious

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Lying, false

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Mercurial

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Quickly changing, unpredictable

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Maelstrom

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Whirlpool or a crazy mess, confusion.

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Laconic

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To the point, succinct, terse.

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Ignominy

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Shame

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Hubris

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Extreme arrogance

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Ethereal

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Light, heavenly, fine.

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Conspicuous

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Obvious

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Ebullient

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Excited, filled with energy.

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Evanescent

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Lasting temporarily