words from questions 2/4/25 Flashcards by Ava Glatman

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obtuse

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stupid

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commemorate

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celebrate, recall and show respect for

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rectify

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correct, repair

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disenfranchise

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deprive of a right or privilege

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abdicate

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renounce one’s throne, resign

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remuneration

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money paid for a work or service

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perquisite

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a perk

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venal

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corrupt, showing or motivated by susceptibility to bribery

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gratification

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satisfaction, pleasure

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arbitrary

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based on random choice or personal desire, unrestrained

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provisions

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amenities, services, supplies

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fallow

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uncultivated, inactive

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culminate

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reach a climax or highest point of development

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painstaking

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done with great care or thoroughness

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reticent

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reserved, introverted

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obsequious

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obedient or attentive

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frenetic

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fast and uncontrolled

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chimeric

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illusory, impossible to achieve

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itinerant

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traveling from place to place

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dignified

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noble

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temperate

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mild

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decorous

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proper

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staid, sedate

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calm, respectable

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contentious

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controversial

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truculent

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defiant

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putrid

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emitting a foul smell, decomposing

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piquant

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spicy, intriguing

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savory

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salty or spicy not sweet

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recapitulate

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summarize

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lucid

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clear, easy to understand, bright

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placid

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calm, quiet, peaceful

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cogent

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clear, logical, convincing

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unintelligible

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impossible to understand

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amassed

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gathered

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deterioration

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worsening

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disseminated

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spread widely

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desiccation

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drying

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culpability

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responsibility for a fault, blame

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penitence

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action of feeling remorseful, contrition

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prescience

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knowing something before it takes place

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rhetorical

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linguistic, extravagant

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felicitous

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suitable, pleasant

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austere

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severe or strict

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mellifluous

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pleasant to hear, sweet or musical

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betrothed

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enter into a formal agreement to marry

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wane

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decrease

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convoke

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call together, convene

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defoliate

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remove leaves

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disavow

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deny any responsibility or support for

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decimated

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destroyed

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demarcated

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separated

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matriculation

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enrolling at a college or university

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circumlocation

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the use of many words to be vague

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contemplation

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examination, thought

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homogeneity

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uniformity

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serendipity

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good fortune, happy coincidence

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repose

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rest, lie

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plumage

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feathers of a bitd

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paradox

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contradiction