Vocabulary Set 7 Flashcards

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Amend

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Verb: to change In a formal way, to change for the better

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Buffet

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Verb: to slap or cuff, to strike repeatedly, to drive or force with blows, to force one’s way with difficulty; noun: a slap, blow

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Chaos

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Noun: great confusion, disorder

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Commodious

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Adj: roomy, spacious

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Corrosive

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Adj: eating away gradually, acid like, bitterly sarcastic

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Discern

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Verb: to see clearly, recognize

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Extant

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Adj: still existing, not exterminated, not destroyed, surviving

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Implicate

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Adj: to involve in, to connect with or be related to

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Abhor

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Verb: to regard with horror or loathing, to hate deeply

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Inter

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Verb: to bury, commit to the earth, to consign to oblivion

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Matinet

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Noun: a strict disciplinarian, a stickler for rules, a taskmaster

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Obviate

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Verb: to anticipate and prevent, to remove, to dispose of

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Renegade

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Noun: one who leaves a group, a deserter, outlaw; Adj: traitorous, unconventional, unorthodox

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Reprehensible

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Adj: deserving blame or punishment

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Somber

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Adj: dark, gloomy, depressed, melancholy, mounful

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Squalid

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Adj: filthy, wretched, debased

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Turbulent

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Adj: disorderly, riotous, violent, stormy

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Vociferous

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Adj: loud and noisy, compelling attention

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Voluminous

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Adj: of great size, numerous, writing or speaking at great length

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Waive

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Verb: to do without, give up voluntarily, put off temporarily, defer