5 How I Met Your Mother Flashcards

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Abjure

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Recant renounce belief

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Abject

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Bad degrading

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Abstemious

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Strict or abstaining from vices

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Acerbic

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Sharp tone

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Adumbrate

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Indicate

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Allay

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Alleviate a dear

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Altruistic

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Unselfishly concerned for others

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Ameliorate

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Make bad situation better

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Arboreal

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Relating to trees

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Belie

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Disguise betray

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Blandishment

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Flattering persuasion

Like modeling ppl at six flags

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Boon

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Benefit

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Burgeon

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Grow rapidly

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Cajole

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Persuade by flattery

Blandishment

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Cloying

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Sickeningly sweet

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Consign

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Entrust put something in someone else’s care

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Credulous

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Gullible

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Curative

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Remedy

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Demagogue

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Leader of ppl

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Denizen

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Inhabitant of a place

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Descry

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Efface

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Erase a mark or make oneself seem insignificant

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Effusive

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Overflowing emotion

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Egotism

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Exaggerated self importance

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Farce
Short slapstick exaggerated comedy
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Fetter
To chain
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Garrulous
Excessively talkative
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Gregarious
Friendly
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Harangue
Judgmental lecture
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Ignominy
Public shame
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Indolent
Lazy
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Jocular
Humorous
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Knave
Dishonest person
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Levity
Humor
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Maudlin
Self-pitying sentimental
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Mendacious
Mentir | Lying
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Moribund
Figuratively dying
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Obdurate
Stubborn | Obstinate
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Pedantic
Concern for detail showy of education
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Quarrelsome
Argumentative
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Raiment
Garment
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Rapport
Harmonious relationship
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Sardonic
Cynicak
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Spurious
False
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Temporize
Postpone or act evasively to gain more time | Allie skipping test days
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Unstinting
Without restraint
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Valient
Brave
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Verbose
Overly wordy
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Wanton
Wild
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Wayward
Unpredictable