Word List 60 Flashcards by Jennifer Zhang | Brainscape

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Incantation

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Singing or chanting of magic spells; Magical formula

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Cupidity

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Greed

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Totter

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Move steadily; Sway, as if about to fall

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Rigid

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Stiff and unyielding; Strict; Hard and unbending

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Misgivings

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Doubts

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Paean

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Song of praise or joy

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Stalemate

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Deadlock

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Scad

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A great quantity

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Concentric

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Having a common center

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Inscrutable

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Impenetrable; Not readily understood; Mysterious

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Pervasive

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Pervading; Spreading throughout every part

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Inimical

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Unfriendly; Hostile; Harmful; Detrimental

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Appease

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Pacify or soothe; Relieve

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Dossier

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File of documents on a subject

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Behemoth

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Huge creature; Monstrous animal

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Prate

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Speak foolishly; Boast idly

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Vacuous

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Empty; Inane

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Lackadaisical

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Lacking purpose or zest; Halfhearted; Languid

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Opalescent

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Iridescent; Lustrous

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Caption

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Title; Chapter heading; Text under illustration

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Intuition

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Immediate insight; Power of knowing without reasoning

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Quay

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Dock; Landing place

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Allusion

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Indirect reference

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Betroth

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Become engaged to marry

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Volition

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Act of making a conscious choice

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Hierarchy

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Arrangement by rank or standing; Authoritarian body divided into ranks

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Matriarch

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Woman who rules a family or larger social group

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Generate

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Cause; Produce; Create

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Epic

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Long heroic poem, or similar work of art

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Friction

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Clash in opinion; Rubbing against

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Cantankerous

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Ill humored; Irritable

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Withhold

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Refuse to give; Hold back

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Accessible

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Easy to approach; Obtainable

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Quorum

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Number of members necessary to conduct a meeting

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Subterfuge

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Deceitful stratagem; Pretense; Evasion

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Remiss

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Negligent

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Striated

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Marked with parallel bands; Grooved

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Beget

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Father; Produce; Give rise to

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Bogus

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Counterfeit; Not authentic

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Anthropologist

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A student of the history and science of mankind

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Embezzlement

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Stealing

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Genesis

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Beginning; Origin

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Neologism

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New or newly coined word or phrase

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Transmute

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Change; Convert to something different

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Pliable

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Flexible; Yielding; Adaptable