Book Flashcards

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cognoscenti

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expert in art

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neophytes

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beginner

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detractor

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criticizers

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seminal

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influential

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canonical

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recognized

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antithetical

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opposite

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inchoate

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beginning to develop

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incipient

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beginning to develop

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stalwart

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sturdy

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stout

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sturdy

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irrefragable

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impossible to refute

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12
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fecund

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fertile

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paean

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expressing praise

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14
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panegyric

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expressing praise

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15
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oratory

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public speaking

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diatribe

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critical speech

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harangue

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critical speech

18
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exculpated

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removing blame

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repudiated

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lionized

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celebrated

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enervated

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incapacitated

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diffident

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lackadaisical

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guileless
honest and innocent
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artless
honest and innocent
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duplicitous
deceptive
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mendacious
deceptive
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hapless
unlucky
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paltry
inferior
31
abhorrent
deserving hatred
32
truculent
aggressive
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desultory
lacking a plan
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injudicious
foolish
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pestilential
harmful
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pestilential
harmful
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largess
generosity
38
ebullience
cheerful
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insipid
common and boring
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prolocutor
spokesperson
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phlegmatic
calm
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ignoble
not honorable