Word Skills 24 Flashcards

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Abjure

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To remove under oath

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Averse

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Strongly declined, having strong dislike

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Circumspect

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heedful of potential consequences

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Contiguous

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Sharing a common border

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Dispassionate

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Not influenced by emotion

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6
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Defunct

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No longer in existence

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Engender

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To bring into beginning

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Facilitate

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Make easy or easier

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Imperturbable

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Unshakably calm and collected

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Infidels

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An unbeliever with respect to particular region

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Invectives

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Harsh and insulting language used to attack

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12
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Megapolis

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Large city

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Nonentity

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Person of no importance

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Pernicious

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Having a harmful effect

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15
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Prelude

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Something that serves as preceding event

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16
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Anecdote

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Short acc of an interesting or humorous incident