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August 16th-25th(?) Flashcards

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Proverbs and Idioms flashcards
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artifice

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a clever trick or stratagem; a cunning, crafty device or expedient; wile

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purge

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to rid of whatever is impure or undesirable; cleanse; purify

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phlegmatic

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showing little emotion

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splenetic

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bad-tempered, spiteful

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melancholy

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a gloomy state of mind, especially when habitual or prolonged

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sanguine

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cheerfully optimistic, sometimes to the point of seeming complacent, oblivious, or naive

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choleric

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characterized by anger

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rhetoric

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(in writing or speech) the undue use of exaggeration or display; bombast

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redundant

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exceeding what is needed or useful; superfluous

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strumpet

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a prostitute

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