Vocabulary Flashcards

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antithesis

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a direct opposite or contrast

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ascend

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to move upward or to rise

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austere

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strict or stern

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autonomous

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independent or self-contained

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banal

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common or ordinary

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benign

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harmless or innocuous

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capricious

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changing suddenly or fickle

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dawdle

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to waste time or procrastinate

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defamation

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harming another's reputation or to degrade/disparage

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esoteric

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understood only by a small few or mysterious