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Word Smart 6 Flashcards

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Auspicious (aw SPI shus)

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adj. favorable, propitious, successful, prosperous

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Austere (aw STEER)

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adj. without adornment; bare; severely simple; ascetic

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Austerity

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rigid economy

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Avarice (A vuh rus)

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n. greed, especially for wealth

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Avaricious

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greedy

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Aver (uh VUR)

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v. to state as a fact; to confirm or support

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Axiom (Ak see um)

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n. a universally recognized principle; a generally accepted or common saying

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axiomatic

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adj. generally accepted or taken as a given

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Baleful (BAYL ful)

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adj. sinister, pernicious, ominous

(looks, glances, and glares are more often baleful than anything else is, but other things can be baleful too.

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sinister

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adj. giving the impression that something harmful or evil is happening or will happen
adj. evil or criminal

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pernicious

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adj. having a harmful effect, esp. in a gradual or subtle way

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ominous

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adj. giving the impression that something bad or unpleasant is going to happen; threatening; inauspicious

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Bane (bayn)

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adj. cause of injury, source of harm; source of persistent frustration

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Baneful

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causing harm or ruin, pernicious, destructive

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Beatify (bee AT uh fy)

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v. to bless, make happy, or ascribe a virtue to; to regard as saintly

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Beatitude

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a state of bliss

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beatific

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having a blissful appearance

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Bliss

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n. perfect happiness; great joy

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virtue

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n. behavior showing high moral standards
n. a quality considered morally good or desirable in a person
n. a good or useful quality of a thing

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Ascribe

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v. attribute something to (a cause)
v. attribute (a text, quotation, or work of art) to a particular person or period
v. regard (a quality) as belonging to

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