Word List 2 Flashcards by Heather Succar | Brainscape

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acumen

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mental keenness

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acute

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perceptive, keen, brief and severe

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adage

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proverb

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adamant

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hard, inflexible

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adapt

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alter, modify

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addiction

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compulsive habitual need

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addle

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muzzle, drive crazy, become rotten

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address

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direct speech to, deal with or discuss,

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adept

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expert at

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adhere

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stick fast

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adherent

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supporter follower

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adjacent

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adjoining neighboring close by

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adjunct

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something added on or attached

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admonition

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warning

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adopt

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choose to0 follow, legally take a child, assume an attitude, formally accept

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adorn

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decorate

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adroit

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skillful

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adulterate

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make impure by adding impure or tainted substances

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advent

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arrival of someone or something notable

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adversary

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opponent

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adversity

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unfavorable fortune, hardship

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adverse

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unfavorable, preventing success

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advocacy

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support

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advocate

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urge, plead for

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aesthetic

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artistic

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affable

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easily approachable

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affected

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artificial, pretended

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affinity

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kinship

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affirmation

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positive assertion, confirmation

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affliction

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state of distress, cause of suffering

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affluence

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abundance

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afford

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have enough money to pay for, provide

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aftermath

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consequences

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agenda

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items of business at a meeting

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agent

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means or instrument, personal representative

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aggrandize

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increase or intensify

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aggregate

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gather, accumulate

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agressor

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attacker

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agility

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nimbleness

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agitate

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stir up, disturb

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agnostic

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one who is skeptical of the existence of god

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alacrity

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cheerful promptness

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alias

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an assumed name

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alienate

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make hostile, separate

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alimentary

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supplying nourishment

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alimony

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payments made to an ex spouse after divorce

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allay

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calm pacify

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allege

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state without proof

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allegiance

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loyalty

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allegory

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story in which characters are used as symbols