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CH. 10 - Easy Flashcards

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Magnanimous

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Generous

Beneficient

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Beneficient

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Good or doing good

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Garrulous

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Overly talkative, wordy

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Futile

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Ineffective, useless

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Didactic

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Intended to teach, particularly in having moral instruction.

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Abase

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Reduce in prestige, humiliate

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Bolster

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Support, boost

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Flummox

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Confuse

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Forestall

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V. Prevent or obstruct (an anticipated event or action) by taking action ahead of time.

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Irate

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Angry

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Infuriated

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Angry

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Wily

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Crafty or cunning (astute)

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Divisive

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Adj. tending to cause disagreement or hostility between people

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Condemn

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Censure, sentence

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Incense

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Infuriate

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Mollify

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Pacify, soften

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Gainsay

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Deny or prove false

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Undermine

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Weaken or subvert secretly

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Eschew

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Avoid or abstain from

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20
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Lecture

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Speak at length

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21
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Undergird

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Provide support or a firm basis for

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Butress

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Increase the strength of or justification for; reinforce.

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Spew

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Expel large quantities of (something) rapidly and forcibly.

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Vitriol

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Cruel and bitter criticism

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Renege

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Deny

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Eschew

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Deliberately avoid using; abstain from.

Avoid

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Substantiate

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Support or verify

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Bigoted

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Obstinately or unreasonably attached to a belief, opinion, or faction, in particular prejudiced against or antagonistic toward a person or people on the basis of their membership of a particular group.
“they’re pandering to a vocal minority of ill-informed and bigoted individuals”

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Espouse

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Adopt or support (a cause, belief, or way of life).

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Belligerent

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Inclined to aggressive hostility

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Nuanced

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Characterized by subtle shades of meaning or expression.

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Elaborateness

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Marked by complex detail; intricacy

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Opacity

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Obscurity of meaning

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Inscrutability

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The quality of not showing emotions or thoughts and therefore being very difficult to understand or get to know

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Shaky

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Shaking or trembling; unstable

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Drab

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Dull, colorless or cheerless

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Churlish

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Uncivil, boorish or vulgar

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Subvert

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Undermine in terms of power or authority

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Gravitas

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Seriousness

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Quips

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Witty remarks

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Gibes

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Insulting or mocking remarks; taunts

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Taunt

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Provoke or challenge with insulting remarks

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Shallow

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Of little depth

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Cantankerous

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Disagreeable or difficult to deal with

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Substantive

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Having a firm basis in reality and therefore important, meaningful, or considerable.

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Spoof

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Parody

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Amalgamated

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Combined

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Indulge

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Allow oneself to enjoy

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Filch

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Steal in a casual way

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Poach

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Take or acquire in an unfair or clandestine way

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Memento

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An object serving as a reminder; souvenir

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Vindication

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Exoneration, acquittal

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Thwart

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Prevent someone from accomplishing something

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Rapport

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Harmonious relationship

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Blatancy

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Obviousness

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Innuendo

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Insinuation

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Dormant

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Temporarily inactive or inoperative

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Itinerant

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Traveling from place to place

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Seething

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Angry

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Irate

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Angry

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Insidious

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Seductive but harmful; treacherous, deceitful

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Inventive

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Able to create, design or think originally

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Taxing

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Physically or mentally demanding

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Fray

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A fight or argument, especially one in which several people take part

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Overt

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Done or shown openly; not secret or hidden

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Vehement

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Showing strong feeling; forceful, passionate, or intense.

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