Vocabulary Study 6 Flashcards
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Ascendancy
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Domination; growing power
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Arable
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Fit for plowing, tillable
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Blasphemous
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Irreverent, profane
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Ephemeral
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Lasting a short period of time, fleeting
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Ethereal
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Heavenly, usually delicate, light, lacking material substance
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Extraneous
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Not essential or vital
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Fallow
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Inactive, plowed but not sowed
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Harangue
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A scolding or a long or intense verbal attack; diatribe
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Impervious
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Incapable of being entered or penetrated, not capable of being damaged
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Implausible
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Not believable
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Incongruity
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Nonconformity, disagreement, incompatibility
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Incontrovertible
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Indisputable
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Indolence
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Laziness
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Levity
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Excessive frivolity, flippancy
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Magnanimity
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Having a lofty, generous, and courageous spirit
