Vocabulary Study 11 Flashcards

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Definition: misfortune, unfavorable happening

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adversity

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Definition: something that relieves the effects of poison

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antidote

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Definition: kindness, generosity, charity

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benevolence

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Definition: deserving blame; guilty

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culpable

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Definition: rambling, moving from one topic to another randomly

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discursive

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Definition: to advise against, to talk out of

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dissuade

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Definition: coming from a variety of diverse sources

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eclectic

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Definition: to reach a conclusion based on an assumption

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hypothesize

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Definition: an ungrateful person

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ingrate

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Definition: to make an effort to gain good favor with someone

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ingratiate

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Definition: stubborn, difficult to manage, headstrong

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intractable

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Definition: dangerous, risky, not situation
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precarious

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Definition: to make impossible

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preclude

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Definition: preference

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predilection

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Definition: land or rock projecting into a body of water

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promontory

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Definition: commonplace, uninspired, banal

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prosaic

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Definition: to completely destroy

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raze

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Definition: wrap, screen from view

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shroud

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Definition: sluggish, inactive, dull

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torpid

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Definition: capable of working, functioning, or developing adequately

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viable

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(noun)
Synonyms: calamity, catastrophe, hardship, mishap, trial

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adversity

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(noun)
Synonyms: antitoxin, cure, nullifier, remedy

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antidote

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(noun)
Synonyms: goodwill

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benevolence

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(adj)
Synonyms: liable, responsible

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culpable

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(adj)
Synonyms: deviating, digressive, excursive, wandering

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discursive

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(verb)
Synonyms: counsel, disadvice, discourage, disincline

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dissuade

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(noun, adj)
Synonyms: assorted, broad, diverse, heterogenous, liberal, multifarious, varied

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eclectic

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(verb)
Synonyms: brainstorm, cogitate, conjecture, contemplate, deliberate, excogitate

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hypothesis

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(noun)
Synonyms: bounder, self-seeker, thankless person

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ingrate

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(verb)
Synonyms: charm, flatter, grovel, kowtow

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ingratiate

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(adj)
Synonyms: headstrong, recalcitrant, refractory, unruly, willful

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intractable

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adj)
Synonyms: dubious, hairy, insecure, problematic, perlious, uncertain, unsafe

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precarious

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(verb)
Synonyms: avart, deter, forestall, impede, obviate, prevent

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preclude

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(noun)
Synonyms: affinity, bias, disposition, penchant, incilination, proclivity, propensity

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predilection

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(noun)
Synonyms: bluff, cape, jetty, peninsula

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promontory

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(verb)
Synonyms: bulldoze, decimate, demolish, expunge, obliterate

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raze

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(adj)
Synonyms: banal, drab, nackneyed, lackluster, pedestrian, workaday

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prosaic

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(noun, verb)
Synonyms: cover, envelop, screen, shade, veil, wrap

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shroud

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(adj)
Synonyms: apathetic, comatose, dormat, indolent, lackadiasical, languid, passive, somnolent

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torpid

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(adj)
Synonyms: applicable, doable, feasible, possible, workable

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viable