1 Entourage Flashcards

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Affinity

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A strong attraction or preference

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Admonish

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To gently scold or advise someone

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Appropriate

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To take possession of something, usurp by force

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Archetype

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Perfect example

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Brevity

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Brief, short, concise

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Cacophony

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Harsh or unpleasant sound

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Carp

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Complain annoyingly

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Conventional

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Traditional ordinary commonplace

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Circumlocution

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Act of speaking in a roundabout indirect manner to avoid and issue
Beating round bush

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Conflagration

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Inferno. Enormous fire or conflict

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Deficit

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Lack of something, usually money

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Emblematic

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Representative

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Encroach

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Trespass, intrude, cross figurative boundaries

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Exacerbate

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Make something bad even worse

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Eulogy

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Speech of praise at a funeral

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Idyllic

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Picturesque pleasing to the eye. Often to describe scenery

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Immutable

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Unable to be changed

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Impotent

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Powerless

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Incessant

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Unceasing, unable to be quelled

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Insatiable

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Incapable of being satisfied

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Insolent

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Rude

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Irreverent

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Lacking respect. Used to describe a sense of humor

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Litigious

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Prone to lawsuits eager to sue people

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Malinger

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To pretend to be sick to avoid duty or work

Stay home from school sick day

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Morose

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Sullen or gloomy

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Naive

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Innocent or credulous gullible

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Nepotism

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Use of favoritism in securing a job, obtaining a position because of family or friend connections

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Nostalgia

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Longing for things past

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Obfuscate

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Make something unclear or hidden, used figuratively

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Opulent

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Wealthy, something that ostentatiously indicates great wealth

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Orthodox

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Traditional

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Outmoded

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Unfashionable or obsolete

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Palliate

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To soothe or make something less severe

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Panache

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Style or flair in appearance or action

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Pedestrian

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Average or ordinary, used pejoratively

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Peevish

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Irritable, querulous

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Perfunctory

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Performing something without energy or enthusiasm, going through motions

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Poignant

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Touching moving deeply affecting

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Promulgate

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To declare or proclaim something publicly

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Prudent

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Careful or cautious

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Pugnacious

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Combative or quarrelsome

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Ramifications

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Consequence or outcome, offshoot

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Rebuke

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Harshly criticize

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Reticent

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Shy or quiet, reluctant

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Salient

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Conspicuous noticeable or prominent

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Servile

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Submissive acting like a slave or servant

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Surreal

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Seeming unreal, having the quality of a dream

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Tenable

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Defensible

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Trepidation

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Extreme fear

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Urbane

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Polite or sophisticated