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Vocabulary Words Flashcards

1
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established rules or customs

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formaility

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enormous

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prodigious

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injurious, harmful to health or well-being

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deleterious

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4
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threatening

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ominous

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calmly, quietly

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placidly

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6
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random

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desultory

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7
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showing no emotion

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impassive

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8
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unhappily

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disconsolate

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pale

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pallid

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10
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defeated

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vanquished

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11
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smelly

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fetid

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12
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not reciprocated

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unreuited

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13
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urge on, stir up

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instigate

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14
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reduce in value

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depreciate

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15
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waterfall

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cascade

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16
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clean in style, not ornate

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chaste

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17
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attractive in a cheap, flashy way

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meretricious

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18
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ruins

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ravages

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19
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tactful, respectful

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discreet

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20
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jostled, knocked about

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buffeted

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21
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unable to be satisfied

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insatiable

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22
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foretelling of a future event, good or evil

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omen

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23
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gave out, radiated

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irradiated

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24
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hang about, lingered

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loitered

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25
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trying, attempting

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endevoring

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26
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rude, impolite

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impertinent

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27
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slightly ill

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quamish

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28
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showing good judgement

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judicious

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29
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sweet smelling plant

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heliotrope

30
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talking in an unconnected way

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maundering

31
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large glass bottle

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carboy

32
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bad smelling substence

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asafeida

33
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withdraw from the canvas means

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to give up

34
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wrapped around

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lassoed

35
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large gourdlike fruit

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calabash

36
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to lessen, decrease
Syn. - Ebb, diminish, subside, wanes
Ant. - wax

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abate

37
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to declare, assert
Syn. - declare, avouch, maintain, warrant, advocate
Ant. - deny, negate, disavow, repudiate

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affirm

38
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a rival, opponent, adversary

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antagonist

39
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lack of feeling, indifference

Syn. - lethargy, torpor, supor

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apathy

40
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to attack

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assail

41
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greed for money, cupidity

Syn. - covetous

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avarice

42
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frank, honest, truthful

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candid

43
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strong criticism, condemnation

Syn. - Censorious, impeachment

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censure

44
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to mention, refer to, quote (for proof or example)

Syn. - incite, recite, excite

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cite

45
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to compel, bring about force

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coerce

46
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a guess, inference

Syn. - supposition, speculation, assumption, presumption, proposition, hypothesis

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conjuncture

47
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abundant, plentiful

Syn. - Ample, bountiful, profuse, cornucopia

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copious

48
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bold opposition, open challenge

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defience

49
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a great downpour or flood

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deluge

50
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sullen, gloomy, sour

Syn. - dismal\

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dour

51
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outstanding, prominent

Syn.- Renowned, distinguished, illustrious, notorious

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Imminent

52
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allure, attract, beguile

Syn. - Lure, inveigle, cajole, beguile, seduce

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Entice

53
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distinctive age or outstanding time period

Syn. - era, millennium, eon

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epoch

54
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irregular, wandering, having no fixed course, large rock deposited by a glacier
Syn. - Err, errant, erroneous, aberration

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erratic

55
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to pretend

Syn. - feint

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Feign

56
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deciet, trickery

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guile

57
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forerunner, herald

Syn. - precursor

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harbringer

58
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unquestioning, implied

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implicit

59
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beg, entreat, plead

Syn. - Solicit, entreat, duplicate, importune

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implore

60
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insulting behavior, impudence

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insolence

61
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lingo, technical language

Syn. - gobbledygook, cant, argot, vernacular, gibberish

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jargon

62
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a bow or curtsy, respect

Syn. - salaam

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obsinence

63
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to haunt, beset, harass

Syn. - harassment

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obcess

64
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deeply thoughtful, wistful

Syn. - reverie

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pensive

65
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a wide-spread virus

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pestilence

66
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calm, serene, unruffled

Syn. - tranquil demure, sedate, bovine, imperturbable, stoical

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placid

67
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powerful, very effective

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potent

68
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ecstasy thrills, keen delight

Syn. - gusto, relish, enchantment, transport, entranced, enthralled

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rapture

69
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a group of attendants

Syn. - cortege, convoy

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retinue

70
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oppression or unjust government

Syn. - autocrat, dictator, despot

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tyranny

71
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vocally noisy, clamorous, loudly insistent

Syn. - clamorous, obstreperous, boisterous, strident

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vociferious

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