21 Flashcards

1
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Bluster

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Talk in loud proud and aggressive manner

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Swagger

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Behave in a confident arrogant way

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3
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Salutary

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Beneficial

Health giving

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4
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Proclivities

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A tendency to chose or do something regularly

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5
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Lull

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Calm or send to sleep

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6
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Claque

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A group of sycophantic followers

A group of people hired to applaud or heckle in a performance

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7
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Deprecatory

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Expressing disapproval

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8
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Detractors

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A person who disparages someone

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9
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Vestiges

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A trace of something that is disappearing or no longer existing

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10
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Habiliments

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Cloth

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11
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Iridescent

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Showing luminous clothes that tend to change when seen from different angles

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12
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Drab

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Lacking brightness or interest

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13
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Gory

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Violence or bloodshed

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14
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Libertine

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Behaves without moral principles towards sensual matters

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15
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Solecisms

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Grammatical mistake

A breeech of good manners

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16
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Denigrate

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Criticize

17
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Divest

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Deprive someone of power right and possession