Advanced Words Flashcards
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moot
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irrelevant
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promulgate
A
officially make known
3
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excoriate
A
criticize harshly
4
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dispensation
A
exception
5
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supercilious
A
arrogant
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atavism
A
throwback
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jaundice
A
bias
8
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apotheosis
A
height of development
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guffaw
A
laugh loudly
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conflate
A
to mix
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unstinting
A
generous
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stinting
A
not generous, limited amount
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pontificate
A
speak pompously
think about speaking like the pope pontiff
14
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begrudge
A
envy
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intrepid
A
fearless
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deign
A
stoop to
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construe
A
interpret in a particular way
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bilious
A
grumpy, bad tempered
like a bili goat
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magnanimous
A
likely to forgive
think mag-great animus-soul forgiving soul
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besmirch
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dishonor, dirty your reputation
21
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smirch
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to dirty
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immure
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confine, think murro in italian. to wall in.
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obdurate
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stubbort, obstinately deffiant, think durro for stubborn
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broadside
A
verbally attack
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internecine
make by internal strive,
| think inter-for inner and nec for bad or strife
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prognostication
prediction
27
ersatz
fake, not real, also a lesser substitute
28
temerity
rashness, fearless, think the opposite of temere
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arrogate
seize without authority
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lugubrious
sad, think drooping legumes
31
panegyric
formal praise
32
trenchant
incisive
33
graft
corruption, a form of political corruption
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invective
abusive language
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abrogate
overturn a law
36
unpreposessing
unremarkable
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redress
correct unfairness
