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Vocabulary Words 1st 9 weeks Flashcards

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Succor

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Assistance in time of want, difficult, or distress; relief

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Iniquity

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Gross immortality or injustice; wickedness

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Covenant

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A binding agreement; a compact

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Fecund

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Productive of offspring or vegetation; fruitful; fertile

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Sanguine

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Cheerfully confident; optimistic

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Madcap

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Behaving or acting impulsively or rashly; wild

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Err

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To make an error or mistake

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Enigma

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One that is puzzling or inexplicable

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Nemesis

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A source of harm or ruin; enemy

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Deja vu

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The illusion of having already experienced something actually being experienced for the first time

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Abhor

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To regard with horror or loathing; detest

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Tawdry

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Gaudy and cheap in nature or appearance

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Haughty

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Scornfully and condescendingly proud

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Incandescent

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Emitting visible light as a result of being heated; shinning brilliantly

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Opaque

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Impenetrable by light

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Impugn

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To attack as false or questionable; challenge in argument

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Adroit

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Skillful and adept under pressing conditions

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Chaise

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Reclining chair with a long seat that supports the outstretched legs

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Subservient

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Subordinate in capacity or function

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Sophomoric

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Exhibiting great immaturity and lack of judgement

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Idiosyncrasy

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A structural or behavioral characteristic peculiar to an individual or group

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Redress

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To set right; remedy or rectify

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Stigma

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A mark or token of infamy, disgrace, or reproach

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Forage

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The act of looking or searching for food or provisions

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Contretemps

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An inopportune or embarrassing occurrence

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C’Est La Vie

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That’s life; such life

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Cul-de-sac

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A street or passage closed at one end

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Tête-À-Tête

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A private conversation between two people; head to head

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Esprit de corps

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A feeling of pride, fellowship, and common loyalty shared by the members of a particular group

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Hors D’oeuvre

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A small savory dish typically one served as an appetizer at the beginning of a meal

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Nom de plume

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A pen name

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Coup de grace

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A final blow or shot given to kill a wounded person or animal

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Dilettante

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A dabble in an art or field of knowledge

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Malice

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A desire to harm others or see others suffer

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Tenure

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The condition of holding something, either real estate or office

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Cultivate

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To form or refine as by education

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Facetious

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Playfully jocular; humorous

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Jovial

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Marked by hearty conviviality and good cheer

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Whimsical

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Fanciful in idea or behavior

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Dedicate

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To set apart for a special use

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Hallow

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To set apart for holly

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Consecrate

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To declare or set apart or sacred

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Proposition

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A plan suggested for acceptance

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Whet

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To sharpen; hone

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Silent Spring

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An ecological disaster

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Discern

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To perceive with the eyes or intellect; detect

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Behoove

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To be necessary or proper for

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Peeve

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To cause to be annoyed or resentful

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Nirvana

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Complete happiness; lack of desire

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Wrath

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Forceful, often vindictive anger

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Alpha and Omega

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The first and the last

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Appease

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To satisfy or relieve

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Conflagration

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A large destructive fire

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Lave

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To wash; bathe

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Giddy

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Lighthearted; silly

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Candid

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Open and sincere; frank

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Impel

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To urge to action through moral pressure; drive

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Perfidy

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Deliberate breach of faith; calculated violation of trust; treachery

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Admonitory

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Scolding; mild reproof

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Sub Rosa

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In secret; privately or confidentially

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Sate

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To satisfy

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Sinecure

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A position or office that requires little or no work but provides a salary

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Gauche

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Lacking social polish; tactless

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Faux Pas

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A social blunder (small)

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Histrionic

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Excessively dramatic or emotional; affected

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Juggernaut

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An overwhelming, terrible, destructive force

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Hooligan

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A tough and aggressive or violent youth

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Immaculate

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Impeccably clean; spotless

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Cacophony

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Jarring, discordant sound; dissonance

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Ubiquitous

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Being or seeming to be everywhere at the same time; omnipresent

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Catch-22

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A situation in which a desired outcome is impossible because of inherently illogical rules or conditions

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Popinjay

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A vain talkative person

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Supine

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Lying on the back or having the face upward

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