Vocabulary Unit Three Flashcards by Jillian Puente | Brainscape

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Adventitious

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accidental; nonessential

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Fecund

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Fertile; productive

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Pedestrian

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Ordinary or dull

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Edify

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To improve someone morally

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Importune

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to ask persistently; to beg

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Deviate

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To turn aside from a course; to stray

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Bona fide

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In good faith

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Glower

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To stare angrily

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Cataclysm

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A violent change

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Obfuscate

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To confuse; to bewilder

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Antithesis

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An exact opposite; an opposite extreme

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Chagrin

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Embarassment; a complete loss of courage

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Parochial

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local; narrow; limited

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Ambiguous

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open to more than one interpretation

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Optimum

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best; most favorable; ideal

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