Advanced Words Flashcards by Steven Stanley | Brainscape

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moot

A

irrelevant

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promulgate

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officially make known

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excoriate

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criticize harshly

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dispensation

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exception

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supercilious

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arrogant

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atavism

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throwback

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jaundice

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bias

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apotheosis

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height of development

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guffaw

A

laugh loudly

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conflate

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to mix

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unstinting

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generous

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stinting

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not generous, limited amount

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pontificate

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speak pompously

think about speaking like the pope pontiff

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begrudge

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envy

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intrepid

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fearless

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deign

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stoop to

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construe

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interpret in a particular way

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bilious

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grumpy, bad tempered

like a bili goat

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magnanimous

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likely to forgive

think mag-great animus-soul forgiving soul

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besmirch

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dishonor, dirty your reputation

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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

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verbally attack

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internecine

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make by internal strive,

think inter-for inner and nec for bad or strife

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prognostication

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prediction

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ersatz

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fake, not real, also a lesser substitute

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temerity

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rashness, fearless, think the opposite of temere

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arrogate

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seize without authority

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lugubrious

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sad, think drooping legumes

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panegyric

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formal praise

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trenchant

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incisive

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graft

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corruption, a form of political corruption

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invective

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abusive language

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abrogate

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overturn a law

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unpreposessing

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unremarkable

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redress

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correct unfairness