#5 Monday May 19 Flashcards by Daniel Cendejas

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Candor

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Honesty of expression; truthfulness

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Brazen

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Bold, shameless, impudent; blatant

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Champion

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To defend or support; to fight for

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Charlatan

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Quack, faker, imposter

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Chaotic

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Extremely disorderly

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Circumnavigate

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To sail completely around

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Circumvent

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To go around; avoid

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Clandestine

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Secretive, concealed for a darker purpose

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Clemency

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Merciful leniency, forgiveness, mercy

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Coddle

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To baby, to treat indulgently, to spoil

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Colloquial

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Characteristic of informal speech, slang

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Commensurate

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Equal, proportional

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Diabolical

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Fiendish; wicked; evil

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Deviate

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To stray, to wander, to turn away

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Diminutive

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Small

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Dogmatic

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Rigidly fixed in opinion, opinionated

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Dolt

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Idiot, dimwit, foolish person

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Dulcet

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Pleasant sounding, soothing to the ear

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Doleful

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Sad, mournful

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Disheveled

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Untidy, disarranged, unkempt, messy

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Duress

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Threat of force or intimidation; imprisonment

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Ebullient

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Exhilarated, full of enthusiasm and high spirits

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Edifice

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Building

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Engender

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To produce, to cause, to bring about

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Enervate

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To weaken, to sap strength from

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Ensconce

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To settle comfortably into a place; entrench

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Ennui

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Boredom, lack of interest and energy

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Enshround

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To cover, to enclose with a dark cover

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Enthrall

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To captivate, to enchant, to enslave, to charm

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Equine

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Relating to horses

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Errant

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Straying, mistaken, roving; delinquent

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Espouse

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To support or advocate; to promote

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Euphoria

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Felling of happiness, joy, excitement

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Excommunicate

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To bar from membership in the church

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Exude

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To give off, to ooze, to show

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Farcical

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Absurd, ludicrous, ridiculous

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Fitful

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Intermittent, irregular, broken

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Fortuitous

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Happening by luck, fortunate

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Forsake

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To abandon, to withdraw from, to leave behind

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Forlorn

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Hopeless, sad, despairing