6 Flashcards

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Tout

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To praise highly, brag publicly

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Tirade

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Long angry speech

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Transfix

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To cause to stand motionless with awe or other intense emotion

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Travesty

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A parody, an imitation that makes crude fun of something

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Trite

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Unoriginal, overused, clique

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Trivial

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Unimportant, insignificant

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Tryst

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A secret meeting of lovers

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Tumult

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Noisy commotion, uproar

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Turpitude

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Shameful wickedness

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Undermine

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To weaken the support

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Usurp

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To size wrongfully

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Vapid

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Tasteless, dull

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Vehement

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Intense,

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Vestige

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The remains of something that no longer exist

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Vie

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To complete, to contest

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Vilify

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Defame, to slander

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Virulent

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Extremely poisonous

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Vivacious

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Lively, spirited

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Wanton

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Immoral, lewd, deliberate maliciousness

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Waver

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To be indecisive,

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Winsome

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Harming, sweetly engaging

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Wistful

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Yearning, sad longing, a gentle desire

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Zealot

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A person with great enthusiasm for and commitment to a cause

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Zenith

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The highest point

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Abeyance
Temporary suspension of activity
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Abrogate
To repeal, to set aside, to nullify
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Abstruse
Hard to understand, obscure
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Accouterments
Personal clothing, accessories
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Acquit
To find not guilty, to conduct oneself
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Adjure
To command or urge solemnly and earnestly
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Adumbrate
To suggest partly, to give a hint of things to come
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Aegis
Protection, under the shield of
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Aggrieved
To distress, to mistreat
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Akimbo
Having one's Hand in a bent position on the hips
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Anathema
Something or someone loathed or intensely dislike
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Ancillary
Subsidiary, subordinate
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Anomie
Instability causes by an erosion of value or lack of purpose