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Basic Words 1-6 - Tricky Flashcards

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screed

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noun - an abusive rant (often tedious)

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indignant

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adj - feeling anger over a perceived injustice

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demure

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adj - to be modest and shy

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insolvent

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adj - unable to pay one’s bills; bankrupt

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reprobate

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noun - a person without morals who is disapproved of

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diabolical

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adj - to be extremely wicked like the devil

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tender

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verb - to offer up something formally

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acme

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noun - the highest point of achievement

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voracious

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adj - very hungry; approaching an activity with gusto

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underwrite

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verb - to support financially

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retiring

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adj - to be shy, and to be inclined to retract from company

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variance

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noun - the quality of being different

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cogent

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adj - clear and persuasive

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sanguine

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adj - cheerful; optimistic

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desecrate

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verb - to willfully violate or destroy a sacred place

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errant

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adj - to be wandering; not sticking to a circumscribed path

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lassitude

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noun - extreme tiredness; either mental or physical

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stem

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verb - to hold back or limit the flow or growth of something

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immaterial

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adj - not relevant

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melee

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noun - a wild, confusing fight or struggle

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beatific

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adj - blissfully happy

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avarice

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noun - greed

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exhort

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verb - to strongly urge on; encourage

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amok

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adverb - in a frenzied or uncontrolled state

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virago

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noun - an ill tempered violent woman

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contrite

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adj - to be remorseful

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raft

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noun - a large number of something

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chauvinist

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noun - a person who believes in the superiority of their group

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junta

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noun - an aggressive takeover by a group (usually military); the group that executes such a takeover

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paucity

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noun - a lack of something

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sanctimonious

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adj - making a show of being pious; holier-than-thou

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spurn

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verb - reject with contempt

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grovel

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verb - show submission or fear

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buck

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verb - resist

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glib

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adj - (of a person) speaking with ease without sincerity

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contemptuous

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adj - scornful; looking down at others with sneering attitude

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rankle

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verb - gnaw into; make resentful or angry

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derisive

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adj - abusing vocally; expressing contempt or ridicule

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hamstrung

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verb - made ineffective or powerless

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surly

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adj - inclined to anger or bad feelings with overtones of menace

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assail

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verb - attack in speech or writing

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plodding

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adj - (of movement) slow and laborious

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guffaw

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verb - laugh boisterously

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pithy

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adj - concise and full of meaning

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boon

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noun - a desirable state; adj - very close and convivial

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endemic

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adj - native; originating to where something is found

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stolid

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adj - having or revealing little emotion or sensibility; not easily aroused or excited

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raffish

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adj - marked by a carefree unconventionality or disreputableness

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obdurate

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adj - unable to be persuaded or moved emotionally; stubborn; unyielding

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aphoristic

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adj - something that is concise and instructive of a general truth or principle

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tact

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noun - consideration in dealing with others and avoiding giving offense

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eke

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verb - to live off meager resources, to scrape by

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maxim

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noun - a short saying expressing a general truth

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brusquely

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adverb - in a blunt, direct manner

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enmity

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noun - a state of deep-seeded ill will

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tout

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verb - advertise in strongly positive terms, show off

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credulity

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noun - tendency to believe readily

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foible

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noun - a behavioral attribute that is distinctive and peculiar to an individual

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devolve

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verb - pass on or delegate to another; verb - grow worse

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elude

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verb - escape understanding

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goad

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verb - urge on with unpleasant comments

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besmirch

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verb - damage the good name or reputation of someone

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uncanny

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adj - suggesting the operation of supranational influences; surpassing the normal or ordinary

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fawn

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verb - try to gain favor by extreme flattery

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preempt

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verb - take the place of or have precedence over

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wanton

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adj - without check or limitation; showing no moral constraints to ones anger, desire, or appetites

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foolhardy

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adj - marked by defiant disregard for danger or consequences

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irascible

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adj - quickly aroused to anger

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insipid

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adj - dull and uninteresting

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deride

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verb - treat or speak of with contempt

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incense

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verb - make furious

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consecrate

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verb - to make holy or set apart for a high purpose

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rakish

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adj- marked by a carefree unconventionality or disreputableness

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