Word List 9 Flashcards by Logan Tuminelli | Brainscape

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Abstemious

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avoiding extremes

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Accrue

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to gather, to increase

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Acrophobia

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fear of heights

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Adulterate

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to ruin, to contaminate

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Affront

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insult

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Alcove

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small section of a room

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Almanac

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annual book of statistics

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Ambulatory

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able to move

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Analogous

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similar

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Annotator

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commentator

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Antagonist

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an opponent

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Antipathy

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dislike

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Appalling

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horrible; shocking

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Appropriation

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setting something aside for a specific use

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Ardent

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full of strong feelings

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Articulate

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to speak clearly

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Assiduous

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hard-working

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Atrophy

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to waste away

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Auspicious

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showing signs of future success

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Aversion

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hatred

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Baneful

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harmful

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Bastion

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a fortified place

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Beleaguer

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to weigh down

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Bemoan

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to regret deeply

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Bequeath

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to hand down

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Betoken

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to be a sign of

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Billowing

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rising and falling like a wave

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Blithe

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happy; carefree

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Boor

A

rude person

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Brink

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edge

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Bulwark

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defensive wall

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Caliper

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instrument that measure thickness

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Capricious

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changeable

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Catcall

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sound of disapproval

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Caulk

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to seal

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Celestial

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related to planets, sky or heaven

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Chameleon

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something that keeps changing

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Chastise

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to punish

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Chortle

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to laugh

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Circumspect

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careful

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Clandestine

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secret; hidden

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Coarse

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rough

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Cognizant

A

aware

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Coined

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created; invented

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Comely

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attractive

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Communal

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shared; public

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Conciliate

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to reconcile

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Confederate

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friend, ally

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Confound

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to confuse

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Conjugal

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having to do with marriage