Flashcards For The Vocab Test 1St Term Ribbing

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amiss

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out of proper place

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antithesis

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opposite

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auspicious

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marked by favorable circumastances

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avaricious

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greedy

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behoove

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fit or proper

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belie

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misrepresent

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blase

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indifference due to frequent exposure

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calumnious

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sladerous

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castellated

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fashioned in the shape of a castle

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circumvent

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to surround

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cleft

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to split

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coalesce

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to grow together

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collateral

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parallel

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contrition

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remorse for wrongdoing

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crystalline

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strikingly clear; sparkling

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cynical

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belief that humans are motivated by selfishness

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dearth

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scarse supply of

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encompass

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to surround

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droll

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whimsically comical

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depreciate

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to lessen in value

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despotic

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tyrranical

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desultory

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disconnected; random

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dire

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calamitous

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dominion

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sovereignty

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entreat

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request earnestly

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equivocation

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intentionally vague; ambiguous

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expostulate

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to reason earnestly in an effort to dissuade of correct

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felicity

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bliss

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filial

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of or relating to a son or daughter

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garish

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gaudy

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hone

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to sharpen

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idiom

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regional dialect

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imminent

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impending

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impeccable

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no flaws

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incantation

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ritualistic chanting

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incarnate

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embodied in human form

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incognito

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disguised identity

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indiscriminate

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random

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inexorable

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unchanging

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inexplicable

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unable to be explained

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infuse

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to pour into

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jocund

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sprightly or lighthearted

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lilting

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lively speech

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myriad

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innumerable

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nascent

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coming into existence

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nonchalant

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indifferent

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opaque

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impenetrable by light

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pall

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producing a gloomy effect

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pedagogical

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realting to the art of teaching

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perdition

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eternal damnation

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peruse

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to examine with great care

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pervasive

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tendency to spread or permeate

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portentuous

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foreboding

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precept

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a rule perscribing a particular course of action; law

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prodigal

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wastefully extravagant

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proficient

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andvanced degree of competence in a certain field

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provocative

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stimulating to anger or annoyance

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pulsate

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expand and contract rythmically

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qualm

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a sudden tinge of misgiving

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quandry

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state of uncertainty or perplaexity

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rapt

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to enchant or seize

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reiterate

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to say or do agian repeatedly

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requiem

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hymn or composition for a dead person

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rueful

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regret

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suave

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courteous

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subversive

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intending to overthrow

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sullen

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morose

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superfluous

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beyond what is required or sufficient

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surcease

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to stop

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tactual

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tangible

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transfix

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to render motionless as with fear or awe

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umbrage

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offense; resentment

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usurp

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to sieze and hold against their will

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voracious

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ravenous

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zephyr

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airy, insubstantial, passing