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Words 301-400 Flashcards

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Lament

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Mount, grieve, bewail

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Lampoon

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Ridicule, satirize, parody

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Latent

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Undeveloped, unused; sleeping, inactive, dormant

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Lavish

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Generous, openhanded, extravagant, profuse, produced in abundance

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Likelihood

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Probability, likeliness

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Linger

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Loiter, dawdle, tarry; persist, remain, continue to exist although losing strength

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Lofty

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Noble, elevated in character, exalted; superior, towering, rising to impressive height

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Magnitude

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Vastness; significance, importance, consequence; size, extent

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Malicious

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Spiteful, hateful, malevolent

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Malleable

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Moldeable, ductile, workable; impressionable, suggestible, pliable, open to being influenced

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Mar

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Damage, spoil

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Material

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Relating to physical matter, corporeal, tangibl, substantial; bodily, fleshly, corporal; important, relevant, significant, pertinent

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Materialism

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Worldliness, pragmatism, preoccupation with physical things (valuing needs for the body vs idealism, needs for the soul)

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Medium

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Means of doing something, agency, instrument; environment; material used by an artist, vehicle, outlet

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Mercenary

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Interested in gain, venal, avaricious, greedy, monetary

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Metaphor

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Symbol, image

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Methodical

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Systematic, orderly

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Meticulous

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Painstaking, very careful, scrupulous, fastidious

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Misconception

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Misunderstanding, error, misconstruction, incorrect opinion

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Mitigate

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Moderate, alleviate, appease, make less intene

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Mollify

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Placate, soothe, please, pacify, moderate

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Mundane

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Ordinary, unimaginative, commonplace, secular

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Myriad

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Multitude, swarm, host, large number

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Narrative

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Telling a story, descriptive

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Nefarious
Evil, heinous, iniquitous, reprehensible, wicked
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Negate
Nullify, invalidate, cancel out; deny the truth of, refute, contradict
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Nonchalance
Indifference, composure, insouciance, disinterest
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Notoriety
Ill fame, disrepute, infamy
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Nurture
Support, encourage, nourish, educate, foster, cultivate, protect
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Objective
Goal, aim, target, purpose
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Obliterate
Demolish, eradicate, wipe out, destroy
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Obscure
Make unclear, confuse, muddy; conceal, cover, veil, hide
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Ominous
Threatening, menacing, unpromising
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Opportunist
Money-grabber, speculator, sacrifices ethics for opportunities
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Optimist
Positive thinker, idealist, romantic
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Pacifist
One opposed to violence, peacemaker, dove, antimilitarist
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Parody
Humorous imitation, spoof, takeoff, lampoon, travesty, caricature
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Partial
Incomplete, limited; biased, prejudiced, one-sided; keen on, fond of
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Patronize
Assist, back, support; corned, snub, act superior; be a customer or, frequent, shop at
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Perfunctory
Mechanical, automatic, unthinking, superficial, sketchy indifferent, lacking care
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Peripheral
Outer, outlying, external; incidental, unimportant, marginal
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Pernicious
Damaging, devastating, deadly, insidious, harmful
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Perpetuate
Make it last, maintain, continue; keep alive
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Pervasive
Pervading, spread throughout every part, enveloping, widespread, omnipresent
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Pessimism
Gloominess, gloom, negativity, despondency, cynicism
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Phenomena
Facts or subjects of scientific observation, events; rare events, wonders, marvels
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Piety
Devoutness, religiousness, godliness
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Pithy
Concise, succinct, pointed
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placate
Appease, pacify, conciliate, mollify, satisfy by making concessions
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Plausible
Credible, appear to be believable (but often not), persuasive, specious
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Polarize
Divide, separate, split into opposite extremes
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Polemical
Disputations, combative, argumentative, controversial, quarrelsome
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Ponderous
Weighty, massive, cumbersome, unwieldy; lacking fluency and tedious, labored, stilted, dull
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Pragmatic
Practical, realistic, factual
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Preclude
Prevent, rule out
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Precursor
Forerunner, predecessor, herald, something that precedes another
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Naïveté
Unsophisticated, artlessness, simplicity, innocence, ingenuousness
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Nebulous
Indistinct, hazy, confused; cloud like
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Novelty
Newness, innovation, freshness
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Nuance
Graduation, nicety, subtlety, distinction, shade of difference in meaning or color
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Obdurate
Stubborn, obstinate, unyielding, compassionless, unsympathetic, stonyhearted
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Objective
Unbiased, impartial disinterested, not influenced by feelings; actual, verifiable
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Oblivion
obscurity, unawareness, forgetfulness
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Obstinate
Stubborn, pigheaded, mulish dogged, unreasonably persistent (in an opinion); not easily controlled, tenacious
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Obtuse
Dull-witted, slow insensitive; blunt
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Officious
Meddlesome, self-important, intrusive, overeager
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Opaque
Impenetrable (to light), dark; unfathomable, obscure, incomprehensible, hard to understand
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Orator
Spokesperson, declaimed, rhetorician, skillful public speaker
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Overt
Apparently, obvious, unconcealed, public
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Paradox
Puzzle, contradiction
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Paragon
Model of perfection, pattern, ideal, exemplar
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Partisan
One-sided, prejudiced, factional, sectarian, biased, committed to a particular cause
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Paucity
Smallness of quantity, scarcity, lacks dearth, scantiness
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Pedantic
Concerned with small details while teaching, didactic, nit-picking, academic, bookish
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Pedestrian
Unimaginative, dull, monotonous, uninspired, prosaic, mediocre
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Precarious
Insecure, unsafe, shaky, risky, dangerous
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Predator
Hunter, killer, carnivore
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Predecessor
Antecedent, forerunner, precursor
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Predilection
Partiality, preference, inclination
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Presumptuous
Arrogant, overconfident, insolent, overly forward
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Prevalent
Accepted, widespread, prevailing, customary
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Prodigal
Wasteful, extravagant, spendthrift, reckless with money
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Profound
Intellectual depth, learned, insightful thoughtful; intense, heartfelt; deep, extreme
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Profusion
Abundance, excess, plenty; extravagance, lavish expenditure
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Proliferation
Spread, multiplication, propagation, rapid increase
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Prolific
Productive, festive, fruitful, inexhaustible
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Prompt
Motivate, occasion, incite, induce; cue
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Prone
Inclined, disposed, likely; prostrate, lying flat
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Proponent
Supporter, advocate, champion, adherent
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Prosaic
Pedestrian, dull, unimaginative, matter-of-fact, commonplace, ordinary
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Provincial
Pertaining to province, nonmetropolitan, rural; limited in wider outlook, parochial, unsophisticated, narrow
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Proximity
Nearness, closeness, immediacy
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PrudenT
Cautious, careful, provident, wise
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Qualified
Competent, capable, fit; restricted, partial, limited
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Quandary
Dilemma, predicament, perplexity
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Quell
Overwhelm, extinguish, subdue, suppress, quiet, end
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Quench
Put out (a fire), extinguish, douse, smother; satisfy, relieve, sate, slake, assuage
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Quiescent
At rest, dormant, quiet, still, temporarily inactive
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Rancor
Bitterness, hatred
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Random
Haphazard, accidental

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