8 Flashcards

1
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Construe

A

to make sense of

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Contemporaneous

A

existing in the same time period

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3
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Convoluted

A

intricate

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4
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Coup

A

change of government by force

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5
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Decorous

A

in good taste

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6
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Decry

A

to criticize

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7
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Desiccated

A

dried out

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8
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Derelict

A

broken down

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9
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Despot

A

a cruel dictator

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10
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Discomfit

A

to upset someone

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11
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Guile

A

cunning

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12
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Discursive

A

rambling, oderless

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13
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Discrete

A

seperate

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14
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Duress

A

hardship

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15
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Domicile

A

a residence

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Efface

A

to wipe out

17
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Effulgent

A

radiant

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Eminent

A

distinguished

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Exigent

A

urgent

20
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Expedient

A

practical

21
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Extraneous

A

irrelevant

22
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Enervate

A

to weaken

23
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Hedonist

A

someone who seeks pleasure

24
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Indictment

A

being charged with a crime

25
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Imperious

A

commanding

26
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Insidious

A

appealing, but harmful

27
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Multifarious

A

having great diversity

28
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Peruse

A

to examine

29
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Advent

A

arrival of something long awaited

30
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Exuberent

A

joyous

31
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Obsolete

A

no longer used

32
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Inextricable

A

unable to be untied

33
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Insular

A

restricted

34
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Glib

A

a persuasive speech

35
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Recondite

A

incomprehensible