World List 5 Flashcards by Lakshay Chauhan | Brainscape

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Astringent

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Binding, causing contraction, harsh or severe

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Astral

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Relating to stars

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Astronomical

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Enormously large or extensive

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Astute

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Wise, shrewd, keen

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Asunder

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Into parts, apart

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Asylum

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A place of shelter or shelter

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Atavism

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Resemblance to remote ancestors rather hua to parents

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Atheistic

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Denying he existence of god

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Atone

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Make amends for, pay for

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Atrocity

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Brutal deed

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Atrophy

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Wasting away

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Attenuate

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Make thin, weaker

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Attest

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Testify

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Attribute

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Ascribe, explain

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Attrition

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Gradual decrease in numbers

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Atypical

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Not normal

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Augment

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Increase, add to

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Auroral

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Pertains to aurora borealis

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Auspicious

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Favoring success

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Austere

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Severely simple and unornamented

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Authoritarian

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Subordinating the individual to the state

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Authoritative

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Dictatorial

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Autocratic

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Having absolute, unchecked power

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Autopsy

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Examination if a dead body

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Auxiliary

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Offering or proving help

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Avalanche

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Great mass of falling snow and ice

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Avarice

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Greediness for wealth

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Aver

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State confidently

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Awe

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Solemn wonder

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Awl

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Distorted, crooked

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Axiom

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Self evident proof requiring no proof

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Azure

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Sky blue

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Bacchanalian

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Drunken

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Badger

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Pester, annoy

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Badinage

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Testing conversation

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Baffle

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Frustrate, perplex

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Bait

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Harass, tease

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Baleful

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Deadly, having a malign influence

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Balk

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Atop short as if faced with an obstacle and refuse to continue

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Ballast

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Heavy substance

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Balm

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Something that relieve pain

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Banal

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Clique, hackneyed, lacking originality

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Bandy

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Discuss lightly or glibly,

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Bane

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Cause to ruin, curse

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Bantering

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Good nature fly ridiculing

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Barb

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Sharp projection from fish hook or something