Word List 50 Flashcards by Jennifer Zhang | Brainscape

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Barterer

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Trade

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Divulge

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Reveal

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Facile

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Easily accomplished; Ready or fluent; Superficial

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Garbled

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Mixed up; Jumbled; Distorted

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Gourmet

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Connoisseur of food and drink

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Domicile

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Home

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Spry

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Vigorously active; Nimble

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Brochure

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Pamphlet

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Deciduous

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Falling off as of leaves

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Grudging

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Unwilling; Reluctant; Stingy

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Abstruse

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Obscure; Profound; Difficult to understand

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Proclivity

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Inclination; Natural tendency

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Pacify

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Soothe; Make calm or quiet; Subdued

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Mesmerize

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Hypnotize

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Defile

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Pollute; Profane

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Potentate

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Monarch; Sovereign

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Outwit

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Outsmart; Trick

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Tempo

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Speed of music

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Cohesion

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Tendency to keep together

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Forebears

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Ancestors

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Cavalier

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Offhand or casual; Haughty

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Intrinsic

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Essential; Inherent; Built-in

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Ravel

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Fall apart into tangles; Unravel or untwist; Entangle

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Egress

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Exit

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Predicament

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Tricky or dangerous situation; Dilemma

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Muggy

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Warm and damp

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Nullify

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To make invalid

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Molecule

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The smallest particle (one or more atoms) of a substance, having all the properties of that substance

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Inefficacious

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Not effective; Unable to produce a desired result

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Quandary

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Dilemma

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Flick

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Light stroke as with a whip

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Mincing

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Affectedly dainty

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Potion

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Dose (of a liquid)

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Jaunt

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Trip; Short journey

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Pandemic

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Widespread; Affecting the majority of people

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Cite

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Quote; Command

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Vie

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Contend; Compete

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Cursive

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Flowing, running

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Nonchalance

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Indifference; Lack of concern; Composure

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Irrepressible

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Unable to be restrained or held back

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Coronation

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Ceremony of crowning a queen or king

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Exploit

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Deed or action, particularly a brave deed

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Proximity

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Nearness

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Flit

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Fly; Dart lightly; Pass swiftly by

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Catcall

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Shout of disapproval; Boo