42 Flashcards

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Unnerve

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Make someone loss hope

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Transmogrified

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Transform especially in a sudden manner

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3
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Lapses

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Error or failure

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4
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Pidgin

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A simplified form of language used for communication between people not sharing a common language

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5
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Soi-disant

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Using a name that one has given one self

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6
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Self styled

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Using a name that one has given one self

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7
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Plenary

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Unqualified

Absolute

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8
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Baroque

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Highly ornate or extravagant in style

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9
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Leitmotif

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A recurrent theme throughout a musical or literal composition

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10
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Emblazoned

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Conspicuously inscribe or display on something

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11
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Anomie

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Lack of usual social or ethical standards

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12
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Hortatory

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To encourage

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13
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Apologist

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A person who offers an argument in defense of something

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14
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Retrograde

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Directed or moving backward

Reverting to an earlier condition

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15
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Revisionist

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A supporter of a policy

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16
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Analeptic

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Tending to restore a person health or strength