A-B Flashcards by Samantha Flottman

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arrogate

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to unrightfully take or claim

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artifice

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deception; trickery

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artless

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simple; without cunning

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ascendancy

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dominance; superiority

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ascetic

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practicing self-denial

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ashen

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very pale

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askew

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slanted to one side

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asperity

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bad temper

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aspersion

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a false claim intended to harm

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assail

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to attack violently

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assiduous

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hardworking; dedicated

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assuage

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to make less clever

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astute

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clever

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audacious

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fearlessly bold; arrogantly bold

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august

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majestic

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auspicious

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favorable

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automaton

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one who acts in a robotic way

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austere

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plain; strict, serious; cold

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avaricious

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greedy

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aver

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to state confidently; to declare

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avuncular

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like an uncle

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banal

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unoriginal

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bauble

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a small, inexpensive piece of jewelry or toy

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beatific

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extremely happy

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beatify

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to bless; to make happy

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bedlam

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a state of uproar and confusion

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beguile

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to trick

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behemoth

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something huge

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belied

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contradicted

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belittle

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to put down; to disparage

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bellicose

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warlike; inclined to fight

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bemoan

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to mourn over; to express grief for

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beneficence

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the quality of being kind or charitable

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bereft

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deprived or robbed of something

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bifurcated

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split in two

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bilious

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bad tempered

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blase

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apathetic; unconcerned

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bloviated

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was wordy/windy when speaking

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bludgeon

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to hit forcefully

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bonhomie

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a pleasant and friendly mood

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boor

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a crude person with rude, clumsy manners

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bootless

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useless

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bowdlerize

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to cut out all the offensive parts of a book

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bravado

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a false show of braver; swagger

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brazen

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shamelessly bold

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brevity

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shortness of duration

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bromide

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a cliche or tired saying

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brusque

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abrupt; curt; harsh

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bucolic

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rustic; rural

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bugbear

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something to fear

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bumptious

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assertive in a loud, arrogant way

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burgeoning

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growing

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buttress

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a support

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bygone

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past

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byzantine

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devious, complicated