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Word List 3 Flashcards

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Cantankerous (adj)

A

Bad-tempered; quarrelsome

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Ambivalence (n)

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Lack of clarity; wavering; being undecided

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Derogatory (adj)

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Uncomplimentary

Tending to lessen the merit or reputation of a person or thing; disparaging; depreciatory: a derogatory remark.

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Exemplify (v)

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To serve as a good example

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Impecunious (adj)

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Having no money

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Lucid (adj)

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Clear

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Ornate (adj)

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Highly decorated

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Precipice (n)

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Steep slope

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Salubrious (adj)

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Health-giving

Favorable to or promoting health; healthful: salubrious air.

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Ambulatory (adj)

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Able to walk around (used of hospital patients)

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Capacious (adj)

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Spacious

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Desecrate (v)

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To damage or pollute a holy place

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Exhaustive (adj)

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Complete and thorough

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Impious (adj)

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Wicked; profane

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Ludicrous (adj)

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Ridiculous; causing laughter because of absurdity; unreasonable

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Orthodox (adj)

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Conventional

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Precipitous (adj)

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Done in a hurry

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Salutary (adj)

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Something which teaches you a lesson; beneficial

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Truncate (v)

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Cut short

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Ameliorate (v)

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Make better

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Capitulate (v)

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Surrender; give in to

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Desecration (n)

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Spoiling something holy

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Exonerated (v)

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Acquits; absolves; remove blame

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Impoverished (adj)

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Destitute; poor

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Lukewarm (adj)

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  1. Unenthusiastic

2. Neither hot nor cold

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Ossify (v)

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  1. Turn to bone

2. Become fixed and rigid

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Preclude (v$

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Prevent or make impossible

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Sanctimonious (adj)

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Hypocritically holy

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Tumult (n)

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Uproar; noise

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Truant (n)

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Shirker; someone absent without permission

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