12th Week Flashcards

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diatribe

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Bitter criticism

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Inhibition

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restraint/ stop from doing something bad

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fortuitous

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Accidental/ good accident, always good

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Incoherent

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Disjointed/ doesn’t make sense

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ilk

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negatively insulting/kind, sort

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Prestigious

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illustrious

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placard

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Poster

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integral

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essential

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remuneration

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pay

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nominal

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slight, little

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expunge

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erase

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Flamboyant

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Showy, colorful

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13
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anathema

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Something greatly detested

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14
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schism

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Split

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15
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utopia

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Place of perfection

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16
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To save face

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Instead of firing the corrupt executive, they allowed him to retire in order that he might save face

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timorous

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Fearful

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truncated

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cut short

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jaunty

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sprightly, gay

20
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fractious

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quarrelsome

21
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ostentatious

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showy