Vocabulary Words Final Exam

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desolate, windswept, bare

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bleak

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habit forming practice or pursuit usually one that is bad for a person's health or morally objectionable

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addiction

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to act as an impartial judge in a dispute; to settle

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arbitrate

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pertaining to a college or other institutiono of learning, scholarly
theoretical rather than practical; unrealistic

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academic

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to encourage or assist, especially with wrong doing

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abet

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to make up for or repent

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atone

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a devotion from what is normal or expected

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anomaly

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warring acctually engaged in a war; warlike or hostile

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belligerent

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the surrounding or pervading atmosphere; tone and spirit of an environment

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ambience

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genuine, trustworthy

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authentic

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lacking interest of liveliness; flat

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bland

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pertaining to a sense of beauty; artistic

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aesthetic

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curse or strond denunciation
the person or thing curese; more generally, any object of intense dislike

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anathema

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failure to develop normally; a progressive wasting away or decline

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atrophy

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a brief account of some interesting or amusing incident, espically one containing biographical or historical details

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anecdote

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foul tempered and quarrelsome

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cantankerous

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the misplacing of an object or event in a period to which it cannot possibly belong; anything out of its proper time frame

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anachronism

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subject to or determined by one's judgment; random

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arbitrary

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a suppor or reinforcement

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buttress

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an institution that shelters and cares for mentally unbalanced, aged, or homeless people any place offering protection or security

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asylum

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complicated system of administrative agencies and officals; the officals themselves

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bureaucracy

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an offical pardon granted to offenders against the government, especially for political offenses

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amnesty

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to get used to ( usually an envirnoment or situation)

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acclimate

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extremely eager, anxious, or enthusiastic

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avid

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to give up formally , as an office, duty , power, or claim

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abdicate

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unfeeling or insensitive

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callous

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overly short or abrupt

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brusque

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to tease; to annoy with a constant string of petty torments

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badger

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gentle and kindly

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benign

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a boastful or swaggering show of false bravery; false courage in general

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bravado

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merry, carefree
overly unconcerned, reckless

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blithe

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keen of mind and judgement, especially in practical matters; cunning

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astute

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overly bold, hasty, and thoughless

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brash

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false statement deliberately made up to injure a person

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calumny

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to refuse to buy, use or deal with as a way to protest of some form of behavior

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boycott

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total amount or sum total of individual parts
total and collective

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aggregate

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to persuade or obtain by flattery or deceit

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cajole

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noisy and rowdy

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boisterous

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a gradual wearing down or weakening of resistace resulting from constant friction, pressure or harassment

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attrition

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lack of feeling, emotion, or interest

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apathy

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merry, carefree
overly unconcerned, reckless

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blithe

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keen of mind and judgement, especially in practical matters; cunning

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astute

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overly bold, hasty, and thoughless

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brash

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false statement deliberately made up to injure a person

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calumny

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to refuse to buy, use or deal with as a way to protest of some form of behavior

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boycott

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total amount or sum total of individual parts
total and collective

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aggregate

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to persuade or obtain by flattery or deceit

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cajole

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noisy and rowdy

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boisterous

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a gradual wearing down or weakening of resistace resulting from constant friction, pressure or harassment

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attrition

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lack of feeling, emotion, or interest

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apathy

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to clear of guilt or blame

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absolve

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someone who can forecast the future by spotting various signs or indictions of what is to come

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augur

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rude or unrefined

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boorish

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to cause hostility or difference where love, friendliness, or interest formerly existed

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alienate

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wavering or uncertain because of an inability to make a choice between 2 contradictory feelings or viewpoints in regard to a person, thing, or course of action

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ambivalent

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to refer to indirectly

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allude

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pompous or inflated in lanuage

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bombastic

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an excessive desire to aquire and possess wealth; a combination of greed and stinginess

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avarice

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to regard with horrow and loathing to hate intensely

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abhor

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made stale by constant use or repition

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banal

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weird or fantastic

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bizarre

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fair and impartial
frank or outspoken
informal or unposed

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candid

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to close formally
to put off to another time' to move to another place

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adjourn

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swift and light in action, movement, or though

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agile

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to engage in petty quarreling

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bicker

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to pronounce distinctly to express well in words
expressed clearly and forcefully able to imploy language easily and fluently

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articulate

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to claim that something is true but without offering proof

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allege

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an imposing grouping; rich and beautiful attire

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array

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to arrest or take into custody

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apprehend

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to puzzle completely

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baffle

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absence of governmental authority; general political and social disorder

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anarchy

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out of line or position; turned to one side

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askew

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a savagely cruel, brutal, or inhuman deed; a monstrosity

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atrocity

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broad or widely inclusive
general or universal; worldwide

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catholic

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a list or program of things to be done or acted upon

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agenda

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to adapt fully or to make like

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assimilate

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to refrain completely and voluntary

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abstain

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to speak or agrue in favor of;. to give active public support to

person who pleads in the interest of a cause or individual

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advocate

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to fill with intense horrow, fear, or dismay

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appall

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to make greater; to become greater

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augment

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to yield to; to agree to

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accede

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to check or destroy the growth of
something that impairs growth or causes ruin

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blight

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wretched, miserable, degrading, humiliating

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abject

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hostile in purpose or effect unfavorable

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adverse

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a pertenious display of manners or sentiments that are not genuine; a peculiar habit of dress or behavior that has been adopted to impress others

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affetation

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to mismanage or make a mess of

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bungle

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rigidly severe; severely simple or bare

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austere

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courteous and aggreeable in manner; easy to talk to or approach

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affable

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prosperous wealthy

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affluent

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quick to find petty faults or raise trifling objections; overly demanding or fussy

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captious