🦤 Flashcards
1
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Congregation
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A group of religious people
2
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Curator
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Keeper/guard of a collection
3
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Disparage
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Regard as being of little worth
4
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Ameliorate
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Like an antidote: Make something bad better
5
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Subvert
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To undermine authority’s power
6
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Exonerate
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To remove blame
7
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Resplendence
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A bright, beautiful appearance
8
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Diatribe
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A forceful verbal attack
9
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Blithe
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Showing improper callousness
10
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Ruinous
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Disasterous
11
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Impervious
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Not affected by
12
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Garrulous
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Excessively loquacious
13
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Terse
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Concise in the use of words
14
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Retrograde
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Directed backwards, non progressing
15
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Assiduous
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Diligent, careful
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
18
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Laconic
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Using few words, terse
19
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Voluble
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Talking fluently and plentifully
