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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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
Sullen or gloomy
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Naive
Innocent or credulous gullible
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Nepotism
Use of favoritism in securing a job, obtaining a position because of family or friend connections
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Nostalgia
Longing for things past
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Obfuscate
Make something unclear or hidden, used figuratively
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Opulent
Wealthy, something that ostentatiously indicates great wealth
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Orthodox
Traditional
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Outmoded
Unfashionable or obsolete
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Palliate
To soothe or make something less severe
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Panache
Style or flair in appearance or action
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Pedestrian
Average or ordinary, used pejoratively
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Peevish
Irritable, querulous
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Perfunctory
Performing something without energy or enthusiasm, going through motions
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Poignant
Touching moving deeply affecting
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Promulgate
To declare or proclaim something publicly
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Prudent
Careful or cautious
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Pugnacious
Combative or quarrelsome
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Ramifications
Consequence or outcome, offshoot
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Rebuke
Harshly criticize
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Reticent
Shy or quiet, reluctant
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Salient
Conspicuous noticeable or prominent
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Servile
Submissive acting like a slave or servant
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Surreal
Seeming unreal, having the quality of a dream
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Tenable
Defensible
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Trepidation
Extreme fear
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Urbane
Polite or sophisticated