Word List 09 Deck 2 Page 1 Flashcards

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Abstemious

A

Avoiding extremes

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Accrue

A

To gather

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Acrophobia

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Fear of heights

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Adulterate

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To ruin

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Affront

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Insult

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Alcove

A

Small section of a room

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Almanac

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Annual book of statistics

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Ambulatory

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Able to move

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9
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Analogous

A

Similar

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Annotator

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Commentator

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Antagonist

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An opponent

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Antipathy

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Dislike

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Appalling

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Horrible

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14
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Appropriation

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Setting something aside for a specific use

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Ardent

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Full of strong feelings

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Articulate

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To speak clearly

17
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Assiduous

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Hard-working

18
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Atrophy

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To waste away

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Auspicious

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Showing signs of future success

20
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Aversion

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Hatred

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Baneful

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Harmful