Word List 10 E-I Flashcards by Madeline Fagen

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effrontery

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open rudeness

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elegy

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song or poem for the dead

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edifice

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a large building

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enumeration

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a numbered list

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epochal

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important, pertaining to a particular period of history

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erudition

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knowledge acquired from books

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ethereal

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not physical, spiritual

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execrable

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very bad

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faction

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a group of people who think the same way

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fecund

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fertile

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fetid

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having a bad smell

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fledgling

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inexperienced person

2. young bird

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forgo

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to do without, to give up

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fractious

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disobedient, unruly, irritable

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fulsome

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gross, offensive

2. lavish, overdone

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futile

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useless, unsuccessful

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galvanize

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to inspire or stimulate sudden action

2. to prevent rust with a zinc coating

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gaunt

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thin, grim

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genteel

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upper class, elegant, polite

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gibe

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to ridicule

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glacial

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cold, unfriendly

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gratis

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free or charge

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harbinger

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a sign or omen, a messenger

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herculean

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of great power or difficulty

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immutable

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unchangeable

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impetus

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motivation, driving force

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improvidence

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lack of foresight

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indigent

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extremely poor

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indubitable

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certain, definite

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infatuation

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foolish or impulsive love

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inkling

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beginning of an idea

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inscrutable

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mysterious, hard to understand

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insurmountable

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impossible to overcome

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intractable

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hard to manage, disobedient

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irascible

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bad-tempered