Vocabulary Words Flashcards

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IMPUNITY

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n. Freedom from penalty or harm.

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PRECLUDE

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v. To make impossible, especially by taking action in advance

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IMMOLATION

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n. Death or destruction.

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ABSCORD

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v. To go away suddenly and secretly

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REPOSE

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v. To lie dead or at rest

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TERMINATION

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n. An end, limit, or edge

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SUBSIDE

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v. To decrease in amount or intensity; settle down

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APERTURE

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n. An opening, such as a hole or a gap

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IMMINENT

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adj. about to occur

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INFALLIBILITY

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n. an inability to make errors

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DOGGEDNESS

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n. persistence;stubbornness

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REITERATE

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v. to repeat

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PRECARIOUSLY

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adv. insecurely, in a dangerous or unstable way

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EXOTIC

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adj. excitingly strange

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EVANESCE

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v. to disappear, vanish

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HERESY

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n. an action or opinion contrary to what is generally thought of as right.

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INAUGURATE

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v. to make a formal beginning of

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EXHILARATE

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v. to make merry or lively

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PARAPHERNALIA

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n. the articles needed for a particular event or activity

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SQUANDER

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v. to spend or use wastefully

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PROSAIC

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adj. dull; commonplace

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SUFFUSE

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v. to gradually spread through or over

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POTENT

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adj. powerful

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GOAD

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v. to drive or urge

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CAVORT

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v. to leap or romp about

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SEVER

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v. to cut off