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Words 200 - 400 Flashcards

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ameliorate

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v. to relieve, as from pain or hardship

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amenable

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adj. willing and ready to submit.

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3
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amity

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n. friendship

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4
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ampersand

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n. the character &

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5
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anachronism

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n. anything occurring or existing out of its proper time

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anathema

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n. anything forbidden, as by social usage.

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7
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anemometer

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n. an instrument for measuring the force or velocity of wind.

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8
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animadversion

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n. the utterance of criticism or censure

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animadvert

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v. to pass criticism or censure

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10
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animalcule

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n. an animal of microscopic smallness.

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11
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annalist

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n. historian

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annex

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v. to add or affix at the end.

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13
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annunciation

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n. proclamation

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14
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antediluvian

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adj. of or pertaining to the times, things, events before the great flood in the days of Noah.

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antemundane

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adj. pertaining to time before the world’s creation.

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16
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anteroom

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n. a room situated before and opening into another, usually larger.

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17
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anthracite

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n. hard coal

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18
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antilogy

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n. inconsistency or contradiction in terms or ideas.

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19
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antiphon

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n. a response or alteration of responses, generally musical.

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20
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antiphony

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n/ an anthem or other composition sung responsively.

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21
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antipodes

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n. a place or region on the opposite side of the earth.

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22
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apogee

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n. the climax.

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23
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apostasy

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n. a total departure from one’s faith or religion.

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24
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apostate

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adj. false.

25
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apothecary

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n. one who keeps drugs for sale and puts up prescriptions.

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apotheosis

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n. deification.

27
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appellate

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adj. capable of being appealed to.

28
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appellation

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n. the name or title by which a particular person, class, or thing is called.

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appertain

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v. to belong, as by right, fitness, association, classification, possession or natural relation

30
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apposite

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adj. appropriate

31
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apposition

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n. the act of placing side by side, together, or in contact.

32
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approbation

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n. sanction.

33
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arbiter

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n. one chosen or appointed by mutual consent of parties in dispute to decide matters.

34
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arbor

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n. a tree.

35
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arboretum

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n. a botanical garden or place devoted to the cultivation of trees or shrubs.

36
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archangel

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n. an angel of high rank.

37
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archbishop

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n. the chief of the bishops of an ecclesiastical province in the Greek, Roman and Anglican church.

38
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archdeacon

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n. a high official administrator of the affairs of a diocese.

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ardor

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n. intensity of passion or affection.

40
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arrant

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adj. notoriously bad.

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arrear

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n. something overdue and unpaid.

42
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arrogate

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v. to take, demand or claim, especially presumptuously or without reasons or grounds.

43
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Artesian well

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n. a very deep bored well, water rises due to underground pressure.

44
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Arthurian

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adj. Pertaining to King Arthur, the real or legendary hero of the British poetic story.

45
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artifice

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n. trickery.

46
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artless

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adj. ingenuous.

47
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askance

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adv. with a side or indirect glance or meaning.

48
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asperity

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n. harshness or roughness of temper.

49
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assay

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n. the chemical analysis or testing of an alloy ore.

50
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assessor

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n. an officer whose duty it is to assess taxes.

51
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assiduous

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adj. diligent

52
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assonance

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n. resemblance or correspondence in sound.

53
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assonate

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v. to accord in sound, especially vowel sound.

54
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assuage

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v. to cause to be less harsh, violent, or severe, as excitement, appetite, pain or disease.

55
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astringent

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adj. harsh in disposition or character.

56
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aura

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n. a pervasive psychic influence supposed to emanate from persons.

57
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auriferous

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adj. containing gold.

58
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autarchy

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n. unrestricted power.

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