(121-140) Flashcards

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FLEDGLING

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new, inexperienced

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FLOUT

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to treat with disdain, scorn, or contempt; scoff at; mock:

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FOMENT

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to instigate or foster; promote the growth or development of

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FORESTALL

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to prevent, hinder, or thwart by action in advance:

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FRUGALITY

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the quality of being frugal; the lack of wastefulness

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GAINSAY

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to deny, dispute, or contradict.

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GARRULOUS

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excessively talkative in a rambling, roundabout manner

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GOAD

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a stick with a pointed or electrically charged end, for driving cattle

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GOUGE

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a chisel having a partly cylindrical blade with the bevel on either the concave or the convex side

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GRANDILOQUENT

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speaking or expressed in a lofty style; being pompous or bombastic.

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GREGARIOUS

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fond of the company of others; sociable.

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GUILELESS

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sincere; straightforward, frank.

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GULLIBLE

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easily deceived or cheated

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HARANGUE

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a scolding or a long or intense verbal attack; diatribe.

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HOMOGENEOUS

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composed of parts or elements that are all of the same kind; not heterogeneous:.

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HYPERBOLE

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obvious, intentional exaggeration.

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ICONOCLASTIC

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attacking or ignoring cherished beliefs and long-held traditions, based on superstition

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IDOLATRY

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excessive or blind adoration, reverence, devotion, etc.

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IMMUTABLE

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not mutable; unchangeable, changeless.

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IMPAIR

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to become worse; diminish in ability, value; weaken