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21
General Vocab
Graduate
11/03/2023

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Abrade
Definition
Scrape or wear away by friction or erosion
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Abrogate
Definition
Repeal or do away with (a law, right, or formal agreement)

Evade (a responsibility or duty)
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Acedia
Definition
Spiritual or mental sloth; apathy
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Adhocracy
Definition
A flexible, adaptable, and informal organizational structure without bureaucratic policies or procedures.
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Adumbrate
Definition
Report or represent in outline;

Indicate faintly;

Foreshadow or symbolize;

Overshadow
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Affray
Definition
An instance of fighting in a public place that disturbs the peace
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Anchorite
Definition
A religious recluse
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Antiphon
Definition
(in traditional Western Christian liturgy) A short sentence sung or recited before or after a psalm or canticle
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Apostasy
Definition
The abandonment or renunciation of a religious or political belief
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Apposite
Definition
Apt in the circumstances or in relation to something
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Atavistic
Definition
Relating to or characterized by reversion to something ancient or ancestral
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Aver
Definition
state or assert to be the case
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Bedight
Definition
Adorned
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Beldam
Definition
An old woman
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Bewail
Definition
Express great regret, disappointment, or bitterness over (something)
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Bedizen
Definition
Dress up or decorate gaudily
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Bister
Definition
A brownish-yellowish pigment made from the soot of burned wood
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Bower
Definition
A pleasant shady place under trees or climbing plants in a garden or wood
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Bray
Definition
The loud, harsh cry of a donkey or mule
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Bruit
Definition
Spread (a report or rumor) widely
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Brume
Definition
Mist or fog
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