Unit 5 Vocabulary Flashcard

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Ameliorate

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To improve or make better.

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Incredulous

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Unwilling or unable to believe something.

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Prosaic

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Lacking poetic beauty; dull.

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Sagacious

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Having or showing good judgment.

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Ephemeral

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Lasting for a very short time.

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Pernicious

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Having a harmful effect, especially in a gradual or subtle way.

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Ubiquitous

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Present or existing everywhere.

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Obfuscate

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To deliberately make something unclear or difficult to understand.

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Venerate

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To regard with great respect.

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Sagacity

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The quality of being sagacious; wisdom.