Word Five: Barb Flashcards by jessica Lau | Brainscape

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Astringent

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Binding; causing contraction

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Astral

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Relating to the stars

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Astronomical

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Enormously large or extensive

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Astute

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Shrewd

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Asunder

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Into parts; apart

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Asylum

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Place of refuge or shelter

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Asymmetric

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Not identical on both sides of a dividing line

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Atavism

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Resemblance

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Atheistic

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Denying the existence of God

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Atlas

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Bound volume of maps

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Atone

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Make amends for; pay for

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Atrocity

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Brutal deed

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Atrophy

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Wasting away

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Attain

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Achieve or accomplish

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Attentive

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Alert and watchful

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Attenuate

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Make thin

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Attest

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Testify

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Attribute

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Essential quality; ascribe

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Attrition

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Gradual decrease in numbers

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Atypical

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Not normal

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Audacious

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Daring; bold

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Audit

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Examination of accounts

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Auditory

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Pertaining to the sense of hearing

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Augment

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Increase

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Augury

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Omen; prophecy

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August

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Impressive; majestic

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Aureole

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Sun’s corona

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Auroral

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Pertaining to the aurora borealis

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Auspicious

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Favoring success

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Austere

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Forbiddingly stern

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Authenticate

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Prove genuine

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Authoritarian

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Subordinating the individual to the state

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Authoritative

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Having the weight of authority

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Autocratic

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Having absolute

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Automaton

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Mechanism that imitates actions of humans

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Autonomous

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Self governing

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Autopsy

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Examination of a dead body

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Auxiliary

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Helper, additional or subsidiary

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Avalanche

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Great mass of falling snow and ice

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Avarice

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Greediness for wealth

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Avenge

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Take vengence for something (or on behalf of someone)

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Averse

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Reluctant

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Aversion

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Firm dislike

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Avert

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Prevent; turn away

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Aviary

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Enclosure for birds

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Avid

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Greedy; eager for

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Avocation

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Secondary or minor occupation

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Avow

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Declare openly

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Avuncular

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Like an uncle

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Awe

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Solemn wonder

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Awry

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Distorted; crooked

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Axiom

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Self evident truth requiring no proof

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Azure

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Sky blue

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Babble

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Chatter idly

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Bacchanalian

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Drunken

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Badger

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Annoy

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Badinage

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Teasing conversation

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Baffle

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Frustrate

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Bait

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Harass

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Baleful

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Deadly

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Balk

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Foil or thwart

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Ballast

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Heavy substance

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Balm

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Something that relieves pain

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Balmy

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Mild; fragrant

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Banal

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Hackneyed; commonplace

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Bandy

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Discuss lightly or glibly

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Band

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Cause of ruin

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Bantering

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Good natured ridiculing

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Barb

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Sharp projection from fishhook