Word List 33 Flashcards by Jennifer Zhang | Brainscape

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Onerous

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Burdensome

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Elated

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Overjoyed; In high spirits

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Surrogate

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Substitute

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Repast

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Meal; Feast; Banquet

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Cadaver

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Corpse

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Ingénue

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An artless girl; An actress who plays such parts

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Inanimate

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Lifeless

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Garnish

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Decorate

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Churlish

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Boorish; Rude

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Poignancy

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Quality of being deeply moving; Keenness of emotion

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Exhaustive

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Thorough; Comprehensive

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Verdant

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Green; Lush in vegetation

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Unruly

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Disobedient; Lawless

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Debutante

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Young woman making formal entrance into society

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Cession

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Yielding to another; Ceding

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Astral

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Relating to the stars

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Archives

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Public records; Place where public records are kept

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Anoint

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Consecrate

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Frustrate

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Thwart; Defeat

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Indignation

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Anger at an injustice

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Renegade

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Deserter; Traitor

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Genre

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Particular variety of art or literature

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Cantata

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Story set to music; To be sung by a chorus (usually a religious musical work)

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Abeyance

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Suspended action

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Inconsequential

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Insignificant; Unimportant

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Heedless

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Not noticing;Disregarding

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Insidious

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Treacherous; Stealthy; Sly

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Onset

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Beginning; Attack

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Skimp

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Provide scantily; Live very economically

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Finesse

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Delicate skill

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Nondescript

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Indistinctive; Ordinary; Indescribable

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Surmise

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Suppose as a reasonable guess

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Frantic

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Wild

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Amoral

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Non-moral

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Manifesto

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Declaration; Statement of policy

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Eccentricity

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Oddity; Idiosyncrasy

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Witticism

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Witty saying; Wisecrack

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Reek

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Emit (odor); A strong and disagreeable fume or odor

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Hybrid

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Mongrel; Mixed breed

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Deprecate

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Express disapproval of; Protest against; Belittle

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Altercation

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Noisy quarrel; Heated dispute

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Practicable

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Feasible

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Expedient

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Suitable; Practical ; Politic

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Buffoonery

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Clowning

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Besmirch

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Soil; Defile