351-400 Flashcards

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Megalomania

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Abnormal desire for wealth

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Profligate

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Wasteful

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Strife

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Disagreement

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Legion

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Large number

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5
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Coup

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Revolution

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6
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Amnesty

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A decree

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7
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Expatriate

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Exile

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Exonerate

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Free from guilt

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Fiat

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Lying

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Mendacious

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A general pardon

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11
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Parsimonious

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Mean

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12
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Pecuniary

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Financial

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13
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Dismantle

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Take apart

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Sumptuous

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Lavish

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15
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Underwrite

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Agree to finance

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Restrictive

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Confining

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Balk

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Refuse to move

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18
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Blunt

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Plain spoken

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19
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Nostalgia

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Yearning for the past

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20
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Rife

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Widespread

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Reviled

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Derogatory

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Belittling

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Indict

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Nebulous

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Pesky
Annoying
26
Redolent
Fragrant
27
Repost
State of rest
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Omnivorous
Eating any kind of food
29
Disparate
Different
30
Abstemious
Moderate in eating or drinking
31
Extant
Still existing
32
Vicissitudes
Difficulties
33
Edifice
Building
34
Sultry
Extremely hot and moist
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Trenchant
Keen
36
Puissant
Powerful
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Unabated
Without subsiding
38
Maudlin
Sentimental
39
Levity
Lightness of disposition
40
Lugubrious
Very sad
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Scion
Descendant
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Indoctrinate
To teach certain principles
43
Opulence
Wealth, riches
44
Obsequious
Seeking favour
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Fulsome
Excessive
46
Lush
Luxurious
47
Destitution
Extreme poverty
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Ponder
To consider carefully
49
Supplication
Earnest prayer
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Decadence
Decay