8.13.14 Flashcards by Meeka Halperin | Brainscape

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aboveboard

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legitimate, honest, open

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legion

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great in number

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thoroughgoing

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absolute

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gall

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irritate

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disabuse

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to correct a false notion

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marginalize

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to treat someone as inferior

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rankle

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to irritate

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debase

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degrade, reduce in value

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epigrammatic

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concise

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prudence

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wise, cautious

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presumptuous

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bold, brazen

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sumptuous

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lavish

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agog

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excited, eager

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hobnobbing

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social mingling

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machinating

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plotting, scheming

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vicissitude

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change for the worse

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apotheosis

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the highest point in the development of something, climax, culmination

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retiring

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shy, reserved

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disarming

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winning, charming, persuasive

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torrid

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hot and dry

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untoward

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inconvenient, unexpected

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ineffably

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indescribably

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winsome

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charming, attractive

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cede

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give up

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penury

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poverty

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spendthrift

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spends a lot

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indigent

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poor, needy

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pernicious

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harmful

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impecunious

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having little money

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calumny

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slander

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debonair

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confident, stylish, charming

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implacable

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unpleasable, unforgiving

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stolid

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calm, showing little emotion

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austere

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lacking decoration, comforts, luxuries

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spartan

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lacking decoration, comforts, luxuries

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dilettante

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one with superficial knowledge of the arts

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surveyor

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assesses the value of something

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polymath

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person learned in many fields

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fabulist

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one who makes up stories

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consummate

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complete

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protracted

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lengthy

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lachrymose

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sad, tearful

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penurious

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having no money

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chimera

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fanciful notion

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preclude

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prevent

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pilloried

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attack

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nonplussed

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dumbfounded, surprised

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dispatch

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quickness, speediness

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repute

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fame, distinction

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sanguine

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optimistic

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abandon

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uninhibitedness

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churlish

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rude, mean spirited in a surly way

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redoubtable

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formidable, fearsome, impressive

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tempestuous

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stormy, turbulent

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studied

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contrived, done artificially

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affectation

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behavior/speech artificial and designed to impressed