Advanced 5 Flashcards
1
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hector
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bully
2
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abberation
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out of the ordinary, think abnormal
3
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fractious
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irritable
4
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panache
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distinctive style
5
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finagle
A
get through trickery
6
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abstruse
A
incomprehensible
7
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derelict
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avoiding duties
8
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espouse
A
support a cause
9
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demure
A
modest, shy
10
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vindicate
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clear of blame
11
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grovel
A
show fear
12
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glut
A
excess supply
13
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turgid
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pompous, tedious,
14
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contingent
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small group, think a contingent of soldiers
15
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duress
A
compulsory force
16
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untoward
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inconvenient
17
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churlish
A
ill-mannered
18
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coterminous
A
equal in scope
19
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provincial
A
unsophisticated
20
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piquant
A
pungent in taste
21
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macabre
A
gruesome
22
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embroiled
A
in an argument
23
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recrudesce
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relaps, think to go back to what was crude
24
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paucity
A
lack of
25
arriviste
upstart
26
dissemble
disguise, or act deceitfully
27
parvenu
upstart
28
churlish
ill mannered
29
craven
cowardly, think a fleeing raven
30
brazen
without shame
31
anathema
detested person
32
maunder
wander
33
saturnine
gloomy, think the god saturn eating his children
34
ineluctable
unavoidable
35
qualm
uneasiness
36
incumbent
necessary
37
sybarite
lover of luxury, think sybil ferguson
38
untrammeled
not limited,, not trampled so not limited
