🦤 Flashcards

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Congregation

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A group of religious people

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Curator

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Keeper/guard of a collection

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Disparage

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Regard as being of little worth

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4
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Ameliorate

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Like an antidote: Make something bad better

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5
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Subvert

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To undermine authority’s power

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Exonerate

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To remove blame

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Resplendence

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A bright, beautiful appearance

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Diatribe

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A forceful verbal attack

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Blithe

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Showing improper callousness

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10
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Ruinous

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Disasterous

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Impervious

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Not affected by

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12
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Garrulous

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Excessively loquacious

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13
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Terse

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Concise in the use of words

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14
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Retrograde

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Directed backwards, non progressing

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15
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Assiduous

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Diligent, careful

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16
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Demagogue

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Attempting to appeal to people by encouraging their prejudices

17
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Finicky

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Fussy about ones needs

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Laconic

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Using few words, terse

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Voluble

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Talking fluently and plentifully