Word List 38 Flashcards by Jennifer Zhang | Brainscape

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Trek

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Travel; Journey

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Optimist

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Person who looks on the good side

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Advent

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Arrival

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Indubitable

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Unable to be doubted; Unquestionable

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Marred

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Damaged; Disfigured

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Replica

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Copy

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Bombardment

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Attack with missiles

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Quietude

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Tranquility

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Horde

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Crowd; Swarm; Agglomeration

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Guile

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Deceit; Duplicity; Wiliness; Cunning

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Actuate

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Motivate

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Doleful

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Sorrowful

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Hazy

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Slightly obscure

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Inalienable

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Not to be taken away; Nontransferable

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Calligraphy

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Beautiful writing; Excellent penmanship

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Torso

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Trunk of statue with head and limbs missing; Human trunk

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Propulsive

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Driving forward

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Bate

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Let down; Restrain

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Torrent

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Rushing stream; Flood

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Usurp

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Seize another’s power or rank

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Therapeutic

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Curative

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Mundane

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Worldly as opposed to spiritual; Everyday

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Inception

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Start; Beginning

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Beseech

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Beg; Plead with

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Equanimity

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Calmness of temperament; Composure

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Gist

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Essence

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Deadlock

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Standstill; Stalemate

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Substantial

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Ample; Solid; Essential

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Replenish

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Fill up again

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Pedestrian

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Ordinary; Unimaginative

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Canvass

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Determine votes

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Unconscionable

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Unscrupulous; Excessive

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Array

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Clothe; Adorn

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Ameliorate

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Improve

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Unaccountable

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Inexplicable; Unreasonable or mysterious

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Tract

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Region of land (often imprecisely described); Pamphlet

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Membrane

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Thin soft sheet of animal or vegetable tissue

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Gall

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Bitterness; Nerve

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Morose

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Ill-humored; Sullen; Melancholy

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Assessment

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Evaluation; Judgment

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Dwarf

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Cause to seem small

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Vogue

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Popular fashion

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Annex

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Attach; Take possession of

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Epithet

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Word or phrase characteristically used to describe a person or thing

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Caldron

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Large kettle