Advanced 8 Flashcards
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restive
A
restless
2
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gall
A
rude
3
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venality
A
corruption
4
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impudent
A
rude
5
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mulct
A
swindle, cheat someone
6
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preclude
A
prevent
7
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extant
A
still existing
8
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turpitude
A
wickedness
9
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raffish
A
slightly disreputable
10
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diffident
A
shy
11
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askance
A
suspiciously
12
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gossamer
A
delicate (goose summer)
13
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travesty
A
mockery
14
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parrochial
A
narrow minded
15
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upbraid
A
scold harshly
16
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solecism
A
social blunder
17
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galvanize
A
urge into action
18
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acrimony
A
bitterness (think acrid)
19
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belie
A
misrepresent, to mislead
20
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laconic
A
not saying much
21
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petulant
A
easily annoyed
22
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deferential
A
respectful
23
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sententious
A
moralizing
24
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mawkish
A
overly sentimental
25
recondite
arcane, little known
26
execrate
curse, hiss at (think snake in a crate)
27
exiguity
meagerness
28
ingratiate
seek favor from another
29
dissafected
dissatisfied with those in aurthority
30
calumny
slander
31
venerate
respect deeply
32
equivocal
vague
33
mordant
biting (think mordere)
34
eschew
avoid
35
reprobate
unprinciples (think without probity)
36
refractory
stubbornly resistant
37
perfidy
betrayal
38
rankle
get under one's skin
39
profligate
recklessly wasteful
40
querulous
complaining
41
egregious
shockingly bad
42
inexorable
impossible to stop
43
denigrate
attack reputation
44
vociferous
offensively loud
45
subsume
to contain, include
46
staid
serious, dignified
47
gainsay
speak out agains
48
volubility
talkativeness
49
palaver
babble (think palaber)
