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Word List 46 Flashcards

1
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Fissure

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Crevice

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Centripetal

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Tending toward the center

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Modicum

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Limited quantity

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Yoke

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Join together; Unite

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Immaculate

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Spotless; Flawless; Absolutely clean

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6
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Combustible

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Easily burned

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7
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Killjoy

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Grouch; Spoilsport

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Carat

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Unit of weight for precious stones; Measure of fineness of gold

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Exertion

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Effort; Expenditure of much physical work

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10
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Innate

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Inborn

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Scourge

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Cause of widespread devastation; Whip; Severe punishment

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12
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Excerpt

A

Selected passage (written or musical)

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13
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Ratify

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Approve formally; Confirm; Verify

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14
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Statute

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Law enacted by the legislature

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15
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Compensatory

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Making up for; Repaying

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Informal

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Absence of ceremony; Casual

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17
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Ferment

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Agitation; Commotion

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18
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Boycott

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Refrain from buying or using

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19
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Glib

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Fluent; Facile; Slick

20
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Palpable

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Tangible; Easily perceptible; Unmistakable

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Purported

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Alleged; Claimed; Reputed or rumored

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Barb

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Sharp projection from fishhook, etc.; Openly cutting remark

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Despoil

24
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Ramshackle

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Rickety; Falling apart

25
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Facet

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Small plane surface (of a gem); A side

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Synoptic

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Providing a general overview; Summary

27
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Imperious

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Domineering; Haughty

28
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Accentuate

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Emphasize; Stress

29
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Prescience

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Ability to foretell the future

30
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Prolific

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Abundantly fruitful

31
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Decapitate

32
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Negligible

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So small, trifling, or unimportant that it may be easily disregarded

33
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Parable

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Short, simple story teaching a moral

34
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Mortician

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Undertaker

35
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Equinox

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Period of equal days and nights; The beginning of spring and autumn

36
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Lechery

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Lustfulness; Impurity in thought and deed

37
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Philanthropist

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Lover of mankind; Der of good

38
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Scrutinize

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Examine closely and critically

39
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Alloy

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Mix; Make less pure; Lessen or moderate

40
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Potable

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Suitable for drinking

41
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Susceptible

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Impressionable; Easily influenced; Having little resistance, as to a disease; Receptive to

42
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Turmoil

A

Great commotion and confusion

43
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Hydrophobia

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Rabies; Fear of water

44
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Beneficiary

A

Person entitled to benefits or proceeds of an insurance policy or will

45
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Obviate

A

Make unnecessary; Get rid of

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