Word List 52 Flashcards by Jennifer Zhang | Brainscape

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Solace

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Comfort in trouble

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Askance

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With a sideways or indirect look

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Asperity

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Sharpness (of temper)

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Entice

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Lure; Attract; Tempt

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Solicitous

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Worried; Concerned

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Personable

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Attractive

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Reserve

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Self-control; Formal but distant manner

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Wanton

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Unrestrained; Willfully malicious; Unchaste

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Insensible

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Unconscious; Unresponsive

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Stifle

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Suppress; Extinguish; Inhibit

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Waive

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Give up temporarily; Yield

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Peregrination

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Journey

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Esoteric

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Hard to understand; Known only to the chosen few

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Sublime

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Exalted or noble and uplifting; Utter

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Cognitive

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Having to do with knowing or perceiving; related to the mental processes

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Introspective

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Looking within oneself

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Heckler

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Person who harasses others

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Chronicle

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Report; Record (in chronological order)

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Commandeer

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To draft for military purposes; To take for public use

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Bolter

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Support; Reinforce

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Watershed

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Crucial dividing point

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Gusty

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Windy

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Impartial

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Not biased; Fair

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Abridge

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Condense or shorten

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Adversity

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Poverty; Misfortune

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Destitute

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Extremely poor

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Tepid

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Lukewarm

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Calumny

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Malicious misrepresentation; Slander

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Vulnerable

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Susceptible to wounds

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Influx

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Flowing into

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Egregious

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Notorious; Conspicuously bad or shocking

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Rancid

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Having the odor of stale fat

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Chaffing

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Bantering; Joking

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Piquant

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Pleasantly tart-tasting; Stimulating

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Embargo

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Ban on commerce or other activity

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Cohere

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Stick together

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Prologue

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Introduction (to poem or play)

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Squabble

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Minor quarrel; Bickering

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Presage

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Foretell

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Grimace

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A facial distortion to show feeling such as pain, disgust, etc.

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Abstract

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Theoretical; Not concrete; Nonrepresentational

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Indisputable

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Too certain to be disputed

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Apprehension

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Fear

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Tremor

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Trembling; Slight quiver

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Abolish

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Cancel; Put an end to