Books 19-24 Flashcards
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Galled
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a showy and purely ornamental thing.
“displays of overpriced gauds”
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Raucous
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making or constituting a disturbingly harsh and loud noises
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Ruddy
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(of a person’s face) having a healthy red color.
“a cheerful pipe-smoking man of ruddy complexion”
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Sardonic
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Grimly mocking and cynical
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Charlatan
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a person falsely claiming to have a special knowledge or skill; a fraud
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Mawkish
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Sentimental in a feeble and sick way
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Blanching
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make white or pale by extracting color; bleach.
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Zeal
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great energy or enthusiasm in pursuit of a cause or an objective.
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Beguile
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charm or enchant (someone), sometimes in a deceptive way.
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Sloth
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reluctance to work or make an effort; laziness.
