Week 2 Flashcards by Conor Marshall | Brainscape

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Ephemeral

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Short-Lived

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Enervate

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To weaken

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Eschew

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To shun

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Evanscent(adj)

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Fleeting

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Evince(v)

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To show

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Exculpate(v)

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To free from guilt or blame

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Execrable(Adj)

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Loathsome

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Exigent(adj)

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Urgent

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Expiate(v)

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To make amends for

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Expunge(v)

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To obliderate

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Extant(adj)

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Existing

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Extol(v)

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To praise

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Fallacious(adj)

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Incorrect

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Fastidious(adj)

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Meticulous, demanding

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Fatuous(Adj)

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Silly

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Fecund(adj)

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Fruitful

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Feral(adj)

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Savage

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Fetid(adj)

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Having a foul odor

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Florid(adj)

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Flowery

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Fractious(adj)

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Troublesome

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Garrulous(adj)

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Talkative

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Grandiloquence(n)

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Lofty, pompous

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Gregarious(adj)

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Drawn to the company of others, sociable

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Hackneyed(adj)

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Unoriginal

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Hapless(adj)

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Unlucky

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Harangue(n)(v)

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(n) A ranting speech

(v) To give such a speech

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Hegemony(n)

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Domination over others

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Iconoclast(n)

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One who attacks common beliefs

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Ignominous(adj)

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Humiliating

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Impassive(adj)

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Stoic

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Imperious(adj)

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Commanding

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Impertinent(adj)

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Rude

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Impervious(adj)

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Impenetrable

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Impetuous(adj)

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Rash, hastily done

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Impinge(v)

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(v) To impact

(v) To encroach

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Implacable(adj)

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Incapable of being appeased

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Impudent(adj)

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Casually rude

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Inchoate(adj)

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Unformed or formless

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Incontrovertible(adj)

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Indisputable

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Indefatigable(adj)

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Incapable of defeat

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Ineffable(adj)

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Unspeakable

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Inexonrable(adj)

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Incapable of being persuaded

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Ingenuous(adj)

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Not devious

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Inimical(adj)

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Hostile

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Iniquity(n)

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Wickedness or sin

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Insidious(adj)

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Appealing but imperceptibly harmful, seductive

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Intransigent(adj)

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Refusing to compromise

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Inure(v)

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To cause someone to become accustomed to a situation

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Invective(n)

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An angry verbal attack

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Inveterate(adj)

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Stubbornly established by habit