7 Flashcards
1
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prolix
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long winded, verbose
2
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puissance
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power, strength
3
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remonstrate
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protest, object
4
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salacious
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lustful, lascivisous
5
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salutary
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wholesome, casuing im provement
6
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saturnine
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gloomy, dark, sullen
7
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sententious
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aphoristic or moralistic, moralize excessively
8
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tendentious
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biased
9
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vitiate
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to corrupt
10
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voluble
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fluent, verbal, easy use of language
11
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hubris
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arrogance
12
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tenuousness
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very weak
13
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proffer
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to offer or propose
14
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particulate
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of, relating to
15
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complicit
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involved with others in illegal activity
16
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sanctimony
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fake holiness
17
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reviled
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criticize in abusive manner
18
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regale
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entertain or amuse
19
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mercenary
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motivated by money, hired for foreign army
20
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choleric
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easily angered
21
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genial
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friendly, cheerful
22
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histrionic
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dramatic
23
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hermitage
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house, building far away from others
24
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imbroglio
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extremely complicated, confused situation
