32 Flashcards

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Labile

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Liable to change

Easily altered

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Traipse

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Walk or move warily or reluctantly

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Tergiversate

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Make conflicting or evasive statement

Change ones loyalties

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Berserk

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Out of control

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5
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Recede

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Gradually diminish or move back

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Parlous

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Full of danger

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Semiotic

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The study of signs and symbols and their use

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Careened

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Tilt or lean over

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Trundled

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Move slowly and heavily

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Tarried

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Stay longer than needed

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Sangfroid

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Poise composure or coolness

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Mercurial

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Sudden unpredictable change in mood

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Vainglorious

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Excessive pride of oneself or achievement

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Fascist

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A person who is intolerant and domineering

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Apposed

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Place something in proximity or juxtaposition

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Eremitic

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Bleated

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Speak or complain in a weak way

Cry

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Oligarchy

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A small group of people having control over an organization

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Rectitude

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Righteousness

20
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Scruples

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A feeling of doubt or hesitation

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Turpitude

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Depravity wickedness

22
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Stopgap

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A temporary way of dealing with a problem or satisfying a need

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Chronology

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Arrangement of events or history

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Canonization

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Declare to be a saint

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Amity
A friendly relationship
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Solace
Comfort or console
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Plaudits
To praise or applaud
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Irate
Great danger
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Arcadian
An idealized country dweller
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Squalid
Extremely dirty and unpleasant
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Penumbra
The shaded outer region of a shadow
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Utopia
An imagined place or state of thing in which everything is perfect
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Hinterland
An area lying beyond what is visible or known
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Tony
Fashionable among wealthy or stylish people
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Impoverished
Make poor