Weeks 1-2 Flashcards

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Abide

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to remain; continue; stay; endure; tolerate

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2
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Abomination

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anything greatly disliked; intense aversion or loathing

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3
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Abrupt

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sudden or unexpected

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Abstain

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to hold oneself back voluntarily, esp from something regarded as improper or unhealthy

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5
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Accessible

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easy to approach, reach, enter, speak with, or use

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Accolade

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any award, honor, or laudatory notice

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Accomplice

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a person who knowingly helps another in a crime or wrongdoing, often as a subordinate

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Acrimonious

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caustic, stinging, or bitter in nature, speech, behavior, etc

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Admonish

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to caution, advise, or counsel against something; to urge a duty; to remind

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Affable

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pleasantly easy to approach and to talk to; friendly; cordial; warmly; polite

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Affront

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a personally offensive act or word; deliberate act or display of disrespect; intentional slight; insult/to offend by an open manifestation of disrespect or insolence

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Aggression

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the action of a state in violating by force rights of another state, particularly its territorial rights; an unprovoked offense, attack, invasion, etc

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Alienate

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to make indifferent or hostile; to turn away; transfer or divert

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14
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Alleviate

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to make easier to endure; lessen; mitigate

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15
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Ambiguous

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open to or having several possible meanings or interpretations; equivocal; of doubtful or uncertain nature; difficult to comprehend, distinguish, or classify

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Amiss

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out of the right or proper course, order, or condition; improperly; wrongly; astray

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Animated

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full of life, action, or spirit; lively; vigorous; containing representations of animals or mechanical objects that appear to move as real ones do

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Animosity

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a feeling of strong dislike, ill will, or enmity that tends to display itself in action

19
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Annul

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to make void or null; abolish; cancel; invalidate

20
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Anomaly

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a deviation from the common rule, type, arrangement, or form; an odd, peculiar, or strange condition, situation, quality, etc