2 Flashcards
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Arduous
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Strenuous
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Ameliorate
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Improve
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Ascetic
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Self denial practitioner
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Austere
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Barr, severely simple
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Bucolic
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Characteristic of rural areas and their inhabitants
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Canonical
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Following or in agreement with accepted, traditional standards
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Contentious
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Argumentative, quarrelsome,
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Convoluted
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Complicated, complex
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Culpable
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Deserving blame
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Disabuse
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To set right
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Ecelectic
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Composed of elements drawn from various sources
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Effrontery
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Extreme boldness
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Ephermal
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Brief , short lived
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Erudite
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Very learned, scholarly
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Eulogy
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A speech honoring the dead
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Extemporaneous
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Improvised, done without preparation
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Facetious
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Playful, humorous
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Fulminate
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To loudly attack or denounce
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Hyperbole
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An exxagerated statement, often used as figure of speech