Advanced 5 Flashcards by Steven Stanley | Brainscape

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hector

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bully

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abberation

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out of the ordinary, think abnormal

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fractious

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irritable

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panache

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distinctive style

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finagle

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get through trickery

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abstruse

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incomprehensible

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derelict

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avoiding duties

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espouse

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support a cause

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demure

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modest, shy

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vindicate

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clear of blame

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grovel

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show fear

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glut

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excess supply

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turgid

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pompous, tedious,

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contingent

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small group, think a contingent of soldiers

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duress

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compulsory force

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untoward

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inconvenient

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churlish

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ill-mannered

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coterminous

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equal in scope

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provincial

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unsophisticated

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piquant

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pungent in taste

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macabre

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gruesome

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embroiled

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in an argument

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recrudesce

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relaps, think to go back to what was crude

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paucity

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lack of

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arriviste

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upstart

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dissemble

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disguise, or act deceitfully

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parvenu

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upstart

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churlish

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ill mannered

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craven

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cowardly, think a fleeing raven

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brazen

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without shame

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anathema

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detested person

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maunder

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wander

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saturnine

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gloomy, think the god saturn eating his children

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ineluctable

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unavoidable

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qualm

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uneasiness

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incumbent

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necessary

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sybarite

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lover of luxury, think sybil ferguson

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untrammeled

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not limited,, not trampled so not limited