English Vocab Units 3-4 Flashcards


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Affable

- Easy to speak to; approachable; friendly

2

Ardor

- Enthusiasm; passion

3

Ascertain

- To find or learn with certainty; make sure of

4

Aver

- State or assert to be the case in a definite way

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Commonwealth

- An independent country or community, especially a democratic republic

- A traditional English term for a political community founded for the common good

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Conscientious

- Guided by one's sense of right and wrong

- thorough; with careful attention

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Desolation

- A state of complete emptiness or destruction

- Anguished misery or loneliness

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Entrhall

- To keep someone completely interested; to captivate

9

Epigram

- A short, witty saying

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Heresy

- Belief or opinion contrary to orthodox religious (especially Christian) doctrine

Dissent or deviation from a dominant theory, opinion, or practice

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Ignominios

- SHameful, disgraceful

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Indict

- A legal term, to formally charge with a serious crime

- To accuse

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Indite

- To write, to compose

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Ineffable

- Beyond description; indescribable

- Not to be uttered; taboo

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Mein

- Air or bearing, especially one expressive of attitude or personality

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Polyglot

- A person who knows several languages well

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Prescience

- Knowledge of events before they occur; foresight; foreknowledge

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Prescient

- Having or showing knowledge of events before they take place

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Proscribe

- To denounce or condemn

- To prohibit; to forbid

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Putative

- Commonly accepted or supposed

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Sagacious

- Shrewd; having good judgement; perceptive

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Sagacity

- The quality of being sagacious