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Advanced 3 Flashcards

1
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Vitriolic

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Harsh or corrosive in tone

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Maunder

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V. Wander aimlessly

V. Speak rapidly and incessantly

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Anemic

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Lacking energy and vigor

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Mordant

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Biting and caustic in thought, manner, or style

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Litany

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Any long and tedious account of something

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Semblance

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An outward or token appearance or form that is deliberately misleading

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Primacy

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The state of being first in importance

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Plucky

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Marked by courage and determination

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9
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Bowdlerize

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Edit by omitting or modifying parts considered indelicate

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Pecuniary

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Relating to or involving money

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Gaffe

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A socially awkward or tactless act

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Charlatan

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A flamboyant deceiver; one who attracts customers with tricks or jokes

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Impute

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Attribute (responsibility or fault) to something

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Illustrious

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Widely known and esteemed; having or conferring glory

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Approbatory

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Expressing praise or approval

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Insouciance

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Lack of concern

17
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Recapitulation

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A summary (think of recap)

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Hagiographic

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Excessively flattering toward someone’s life or work

19
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Hail

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Enthusiastically acclaim or celebrate something

20
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Umbrage

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A feeling of anger caused by being offended

21
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Solecism

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A socially awkward or tactless act

22
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Cede

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Relinquish possession or control over

23
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Duplicity

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Deceitfulness, pretending to want one thing but interested in something else

24
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Unforthcoming

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Uncooperative, not willing to give up information

25
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Artlessness

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The quality of innocence

26
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Prognostication

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A statement made about the future

27
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Derelict

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(Of a person) not doing one’s duties

(Of a building) abandoned

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Portentous

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Ominously prophetic

29
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Raconteur

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A person skilled in telling anecdotes

30
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Perspicacious

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Acutely insightful and wise

31
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Epiphany

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A sudden revelation or moment of insight

32
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Prolixity

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Boring verbosity

33
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Lugubrious

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Excessively mournful

34
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Flummox

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Be a mystery or bewildering to

35
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Lampoon

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Ridicule with satire

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