Barron's B Flashcards by Nick Murray | Brainscape

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cozen (v.)

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To mislead by trick or fraud

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creedence (n.)

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Accept as true (give creedence)

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credo (n.)

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Statement of belief of principle

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deference (n.)

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respect

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demotic (adj.)

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pertaining to people

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denigrate (v.)

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To slur someone’s reputation

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discomfit (v.)

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To make uneasy; disconcert

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disingenuous (adj.)

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Not candid, crafty

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disjointed (adj.)

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Lacckking order or coherence

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dissident (n.)

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One who disagrees about beliefs

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distend (v.)

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To expand, swell out

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distrait (adj.)

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Inattentive, preoccupied

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doctrinaire (adj.)

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Dogmatic, unyielding

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Doggerel (n.)

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Bad verse

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Dross (n.)

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waste, worthless matter

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effete (adj.)

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Overrefined, decadent

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elysian (adj.)

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Blissful, delightful

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engender (v.)

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To cause, produce

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entomology (n.)

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Scientific study of insects

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epistemology (n.)

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branch of philosophy that examines nature of knowledge

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equable (adj.)

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Steady, serene

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errant (adj.)

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Mistaken

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estimable (adj.)

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admirable, or possible to estimate

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etiology (n.)

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causes or origins

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euphemism (n.)

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use of agreeable languague in place of offensive language

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evince (v.)

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To show plainly

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evocative (adj.)

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Tending to call to mind or produce a reaction

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Execrable (adj.)

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Detestable

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Exhort (v.)

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To urge by strong appeals

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Expatiate (v.)

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To speak or write at length

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Explicate (v.)

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To explain, interperet

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Expository (adj.)

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explanatory

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Factotum (n.)

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A person that does all kinds of work

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felicitous (adj.)

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appropriate, well expressed

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fetid (adj.)

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Having a bad smell

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Fetter (v.)

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to blind, confine

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fledgling (n.)

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beginner, novice

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fluorish (n.)

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embelllsihment or ornamentation

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foment (v.)

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to incite, arouse

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forbearance (n.)

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patience

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Forswear (v.)

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To renounce, repudiate

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fracas (n.)

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Loud quarrel, brawl

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froward (adj.)

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obsitnately disobedient

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fulsome (adj.)

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so excessive as to be disgusting

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gambol (v.)

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To frolic

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Gauche (adj.)

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coarse, uncouth, clumsy

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geniality (n.)

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cheerfulness, sociability

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Goad (v.)

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To prod, urge on

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gossamer (adj.)

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light like cobwebs

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guise (n.)

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outward appearance

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gustatory (adj.)

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affecting sense taste

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hallowed (adj.)

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holy, sacred

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harrowing (adj.)

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distressing, terrifying

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hermetic (adj.)

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tightly sealed, magical

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hirsute (adj.)

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Covered in hair

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histronic (adj.)

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describing exaggerated emotional behavior calculated for effect

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homily (n.)

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sermon, moralizing lecture

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imprecation (n.)

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curse

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impute (v.)

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To relate to a particular cause or source, assign as a characteristic

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indigence (n.)

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poverty

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indolent (adj.)

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habitually lazy, idle

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insensible (adj.)

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unconscious, unresponsive

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insuperable (adj>)

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insurmountable

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interdict (v.)

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To forbid, prohibit

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internecine (adj.)

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deadly to both sides

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interpolate (v.)

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To insert, change by adding new words

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interregnum (n.)

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Gap in continuity

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invective (n.)

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Verbal abuse

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Inveigh (v.)

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To disapprove, protest

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invidious (adj.)

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likely to provoke ill will, offensive