36-50 Flashcards
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Pejorative
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Disparaging; downgrading; tending to make or become worse
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Ordnance
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Military weapons; artillery
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Neophyte
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A new convert; novice; beginner
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Rampant
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Widespread, unchecked growth; uncontrolled
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Punctilious
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Exact in formalities and details; precise
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Occidental
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Pertaining to parts of the earth west of Asia; western
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Panegyric
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A discourse in praise of a person; formal praise
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Sporadic
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Occasional; intermittent; irregular
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Niggardly
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Stingy; miserly; greedy
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Pariah
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Social outcast; outsider
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Prevaricate
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To be evasive; to deviate from the truth; to lie
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Immutable
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Never changing; inflexible
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Pique
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A fit of resentment; indignation
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Garrulous
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Talkative; loquacious
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Nimbus
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A bright cloud above a deity; a halo
