English Midterm Flash Cards Vocab Words

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Insular

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Narrow Minded

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Resilient

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springy, elastic, bouncy

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Adventitious

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Because of chance

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Acculturation

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The modification of social paterns

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Aura

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Atmosphere, surrounds like an atmosphere

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Extricate

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To free from entaglements or difficulties

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Expostulate

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Protest, complain

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Flout

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mock

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Proclivity

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natural or habitual or tendency

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Sangfroid

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Coolness, self assurance

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Seditious

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Rebellious

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Nominal

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to small to be considered or taken seriously

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Decadence

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Decline, decay,

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Transcend

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To rise above or beyond

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Umbrage

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Shade cast by trees

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Approbation

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Approval

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Hackneyed

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used so often to lack freshness or originality

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Prerogative

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Special right or provilege

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Elicit

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call forth,

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Assuage

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To make easier, to quiet, calm

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Coalition

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alliance, league, federation

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Innuendo

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A hint, suggestion

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Petulant

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Easily irritated

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Meritorious

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Worthy, deserving

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Unctuos

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excessively smooth, trying to hard to give a good impression

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Circuitous

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not direct, indirect

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expedite

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to make easy, speed up

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querulous

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Peevish, complaining

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infer

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guess

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Remonstrate

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to argue, protest against

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non commitial

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no definite, wont say yes or no

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Peculate

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to steal something that has been given into your trust

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equitable

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fair, right, reasonable

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Sleazy

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Thin or flimsy, cheap

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Inscrutable

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incable of being understood.

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irrevocable

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cannot be changed

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Commiserate

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feel sorry for

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amorphous

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without definite form.

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reverberate

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re-echo

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interloper

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one who moves in where he or she is not wanted

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ex officio

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by virtue of holding a certain office

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millennium

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period of 1000 years

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ameliorate

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to improve, make better

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inveigh

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to make a violent attack in words

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exhort

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to urge strongly

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epitome

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summary

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bombastic

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words intended to conceal a lack of ideas

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permeate

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to spread

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occult

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mysterious, supernatural

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infringe

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to violate, trespass

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stringent

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strict, stern

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aplomb

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great self confidence

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scourge

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to punish severly

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gossamer

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thin, light, delicate, flimsy

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affable

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courteous and pleasant, easy to speak to

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intercede

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to plead on behalf

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Hiatus

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a gap, opening, break

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Simulate

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to make a pretense of, imitate

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jaded

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wornout, dulled

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Drivel

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saliva or mucus flowing from the mouth or nose

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Precipitate

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moisutre falling.

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abominate

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to have intense dislike or hatred for

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Ascribe

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to assign or refer to

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Tenuous

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thin, slender, not dense

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Vitriolic

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bitter, sarcastic

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Wheedle

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to use coaxing or flattery

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Enjoin

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to direct or order

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disabuse

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to free from deception or error

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sepulchral

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funeral,

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Surmise

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to believe with evidence

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ingratiate

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to make oneself agreable

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intrinsic

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organic

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Lurid

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causing shock, horror

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lassitude

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lack of energy

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Callow

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without experience

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Surreptitious

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secret

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Fetter

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shackles on feet

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immutable

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not subject to change

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transmute

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to change from one nature to form another

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amnesty

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a general pardon for an offense against a government

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Sedulous

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persistent

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Scurrilous

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abbusive, vulgar

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blazon

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broadcast

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soporific

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to cause sleep

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percept

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a rule of conduct

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aggrandize

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to increase in greatness or power

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erudite

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scholarly, learned bookish

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propensity

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natural

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repudiate

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to disown, reject

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contraband

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illegal traffic, smuggled goods

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unwieldy

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not easily carried

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Transient

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lasting only a short time

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Scathing

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bitterly severe

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axiomatic

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taken for granted

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vapid

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dull, uninteresting

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salutary

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helpful

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inadvertent

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accidental

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filch

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to steal

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fractious

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tending to be troublesome

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Caveat

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a warning, caution

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ferment

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great excitement

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expiate

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make up for

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straightlaced

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extremely strict

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autonomy

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self government