Vocabulary Study 8 Flashcards
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Ameliorate
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To make better, to relieve, to improve
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Acquiesce
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To give in, to comply; accede, agree, assent
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Atrophy
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To waste away in physical ability, to wither
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Bequeath
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To hand down, to give or to leave in a will
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Cajole
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To persuade with deliberate flattery, to coax
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Compendious
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Containing only the essentials
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Cursory
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Superficial, casual, hastily done
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Debase
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To reduce in dignity; abase, corrupt, debauch
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Deplete
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To use up gradually, to lessen in amount or value
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Efface
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To erase, to wear away
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Elucidate
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To make clear, to explain; explicate, expound
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Expunge
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To remove, to erase
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Extricate
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To free, to disentangle; disembarrass, disencumber
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Garrulous
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Talkative, rambling; voluble
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Impetuous
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Violent, hasty, rash, impulsive
