Week 1 Flashcards by Grus Shelpert | Brainscape

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Aspersion

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False rumor

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Assiduous

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Hard working

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Ascetic

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Abstinent

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Aesthetic

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Artistic

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Arraign

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A summon to court

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Archaic

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Antique

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Arable

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Farmable

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Approbation

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Praise

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Apotheosis

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Glorification

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Apostate

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One who changes his religion

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Apocryphal

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Fake

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Aphorism

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Old saying

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Aphasia

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Mute

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Antediluvian

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Prehistoric

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Ancillary

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Accessory

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Anathema

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A curse

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Amenity

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Pleasantness

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Ambivalent

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Uncaring

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Ampersand

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The symbol “&”

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Altercation

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Dispute

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Assignation

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Assigned place

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Atrophy

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Waste away

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Attenuate

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Weaken

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Augment

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To enlarge

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Augury

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Prophecy

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Aural

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Related to hearing

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Avarice

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Greed

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Avuncular

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Like an uncle

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Bedlam

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A madhouse

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Belie

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To hide

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Benighted

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In the dark

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Bestial

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Beastly

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Bevy

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Group

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Bilk

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To obtain

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Billet

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Barracks

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Blandish

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To flatter

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Blithe

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Blissful

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Broach

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To mention

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Bursar

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Treasurer

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Calumny

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False slander

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Candor

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Honesty

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Capitulate

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To surrender

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Carp

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To scold

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Catharsis

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Purification

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Cavort

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To frolic

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Chary

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Watchful

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Choleric

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Angry

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Circumspect

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Cautious or suspicious

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Clairvoyant

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Has ESP

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Clandestine

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Concealed