A+ Vocab HW #3- Extra Flashcards

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bistro

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restaurant

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delectable

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delicious

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scrumptious

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extremely appetizing or delicious

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unpalatable

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  • not pleasant to taste

- difficult to tolerate or accept

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tantalizing

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torment or tease

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debilitating

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tending to weaken something

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unexalted

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uninspired, unelevated

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revered

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feel deep respect or admiration for something

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championed

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support the cause of, defend

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impugned

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to challenge as false

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emulated

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imitate, copy

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insolence

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rude and disrespectful behavior

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impudence

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lack of modesty

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truculence

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easily annoyed and angered

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deference

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submission or yielding

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ignominy

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public shame or disgrace

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utilitarian

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designed to be useful and practical rather than attractive

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aesthetic

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concerned with beauty or the appreciation of beauty

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intractable

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  • difficult, stubborn, hard to control or deal with
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untenable

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  • incapable of being defended

- unrealistic

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taciturn

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untalkative, saying little

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tantamount

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equivalen, as good as

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obdurate

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stubbornily refusing to change one’s opinion

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spurious

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false, fake

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parables

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simple story used to illustrate a moral or spiritual lesson

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fatuity

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a foolish or stupid quality

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recalcitrance

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not obedient or compliant

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benign

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not harmful in effect

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abject

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  • (situation or condition) extremely bad, unpleasant

- (person or behavior) without pride or dignity or pride, worthless

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prudencee

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careful good judgement

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adulation

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excessive admiration or praise

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repugnant

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unacceptable

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innocuous

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harmless

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auspicious

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favorable, promising

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enervated

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to weaken, cause to feel drained

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absolved

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set free from blame

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pedant

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person who overemphasize rules and minor details

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neophyte

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beginner

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vociferous

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exressed in a very loud, forceful way

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partisan

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strong supporter of a party or cause

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conciliatory

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intended or likely to pacify or placate

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prescience

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knowledge of things before they exist or happen

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predilection

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special liking for something

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premediatated

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done or made according to plan

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omniscience

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having complete knowledge

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insolvent

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unable to pay debts

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foresight

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ability to predict the future

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relegated

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downgrade, lower

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apprehended

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  • arrest for a crime

- understand or perceive

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disseminated

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to scatter or spread widely

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dilapidated

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in a state of disrepair or ruin as a result of age or neglect

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advocated

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pubicly recommend or support

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elucidated

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make clear, explain