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wordly wise vocab Flashcards

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ameliorate

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to make better

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baleful

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expressing hatred or evil

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berate

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to critisize vigorously

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circumvent

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to avoid through craftiness

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compunction

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a feeling of uneasiness or anxiety caused by guilt

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condone

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to overlook or accept without punishment

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diminutive

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verry small

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euphemism

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a polit term used to replace a more crude one

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expendable

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easily reaused or replaced

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heresy

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the expression of shocking or unacceptable news.

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infirmity

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physical or mental weakness or defect

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profane

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to disrespect

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recompense

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to pay or recompensate

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repast

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food and drink, a meal

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servitude

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a lack of freedom

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castigate

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to punish by critisizing

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colloquial

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characterized by informal language

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epitaph

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words on a tombstone

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exodus

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a mass departure

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inter

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to put in a grave

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lacerate

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to tear or cut roughly

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largesse

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the act of giving generously

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obituary

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a notice of somebody death

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omnivorous

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eating all kinds of food

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permeate

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to spread throughout

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rendition

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an interpretation of a song or dance.

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resurgence

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a rising again to life

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stereotype

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a generalization that is used to characterise a person without the knowledge of who they are or what they are like.

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stipend

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a fixed amount of money for work done or to cover living expenses

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subserient

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serving or acting in a subordinate manner.

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adgacent

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near or next to

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beset

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to surround or to attack repeatedly

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cede

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to give up or transfer

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circuitous

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roundabout, indirect.

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desultury

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proceed or carried out in an aimless or random way

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galvanize

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to excite or arouse action

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implement

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a tool or instrument

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inconsequencial

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lacking importance or worth

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magnitude

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greatness of size, power or influence

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materialize

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to become real or actual

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muster

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to gather, usaully militarily

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prohibitive

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serving to restrain action

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reminisce

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to think or talk about ones past

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vangaurd

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the leading or forward position in a movement

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visionary

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A person who thinks of unrealistic things, a dreamer.

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cautionary

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offering or serving as a warning

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constrain

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to confine, or hold back

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flotilla

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a fleet of boats or small ships

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gossamer

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thin sheer fabric resembling gause.

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ignominious

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causing shame or desgrace

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incur

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the bring somehting apon onself that is not desired

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liquidate

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to settle the affairs of a bussiness

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magnate

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an important or waelthy person in a bussiness.

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misnomer

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a name that does not fit.

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onerous

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burdensome, oppressive

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pandemonium

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great confusioon or uproar

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quixotic

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romantic and idealistic, but impracticle

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tenacious

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holding fast, persistent in adhering to something valued or habitual.

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vestige

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a trace of something that once was present

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zephyr

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a light, gentle breeze

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attest

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to declare that somehting is true or accurate.

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axiom

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a statement requiring no proof because the statememt is ovious

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churlish

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lacking good manners, rude

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concoct

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to make up, prepeare or invent

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derivative

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something that comes from an earlier form or condition.

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differentiate

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to see that difference

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disparage

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to criticize in a negative, disrespectful manner.

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dissipate

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to dissapear,

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esoterec

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not normally known or understood

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olfactory

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relating to the sense of smell

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plethora

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too great a number, an excess

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refurbish

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to make like new, to renovate.

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secrete

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to produce or give off

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vagary

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an unpredictable action

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volatile

A

evaporation quickly.

english vocab 10th grade (5 decks)

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