Vocabulary Flashcards

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Ameliorate

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To make something better or improve a situation.

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Cacophony

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A harsh, discordant mixture of sounds.

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Fastidious

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Very attentive to detail and concerned about accuracy and cleanliness.

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Harbinger

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A person or thing that announces or signals the approach of another.

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Innocuous

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Not harmful or offensive.

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Mercurial

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Subject to sudden or unpredictable changes of mood or mind.

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Propitious

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Giving or indicating a good chance of success; favorable.

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Recalcitrant

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Having an obstinately uncooperative attitude toward authority or discipline.

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Tenuous

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Very weak or slight; insubstantial.