05-05-2012 Secton 8 Flashcards

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Fractious

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Irritable, Grumpy; Unruly, Difficult to control

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To compound

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To combine to or more things; To add to or to make something worse

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Prerogative

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The right to do something before others; First dibs

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Province

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Area of knowledge; Realm

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Sinecure

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Easy job (do nothing job)

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Castigate

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To punish

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Enumerate

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To list; To state explicitly

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Appraise

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To assess the value of something

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Laconic

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Few in words (pithy, concise, terse)

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Histrionic

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Melodramatic, Overly dramatic

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Cohesive

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Unified

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Extemporaneous

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Improvising (Off the cuff)

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Implacable

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Unable to be calmed down

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Extolled

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To praise

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Speculative

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To guess

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Inhibit

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To stunt the growth of