38 Flashcards by Shehu Abdulqudus | Brainscape

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Lobbying

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Seek to influence on an issue

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Quisling

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A traitor

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Rapscallion

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A mischievous person

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Stalemate

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A position in which no more further progress

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Painstaking

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Done with great care or thoroughness

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Tortuous

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Full of twist and turns

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Torturous

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Causing excruciating pain

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Gadfly

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An annoying person

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Chump

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A foolish or easily deceived person

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Forte

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Strength

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Pastime

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A hobby

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Novelty

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The quality of being new and original

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Acculturation

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To assimilate

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Specious

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Plausible but wrong

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Squalid

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Dirty and unpleasant

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Culpable

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Guilty

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Guile

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Sly and cunning intelligence

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Proscribe

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Forbid especially by law

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Stipulate

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Demand or specify

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Flagitious

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Criminal villian

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Keen

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Highly developed

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Contemptible

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Deserving contempt

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Torpid

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Mentally or physically inactive

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Saturnine

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Can also mean sluggish

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Tepid

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Showing little enthusiasm

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Solemn

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Formal or dignified

Not cheering and serious

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Sinuous

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Having many curves or turn

Little and supple

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Dialectical

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Acting through opposing force

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Penitence

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Feeling or showing sorrow or regret

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Satiate

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Satisfied to the full

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Leery

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Cautious or wary through suspicion

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Peevish

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Easily irritated

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Jaundiced

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Bitterness resentment or envy

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Ingenue

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An innocent or unsophisticated woman especially in a film

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Defunct

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No longer existing or functioning