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CH. 9 - Hard Flashcards

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Abettor

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A person who supports an action, typically wrongdoing.

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Mendicant

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Beggar, sometimes can have a religious connotation.

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Rube

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Unsophisticated or naive person.

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Anachronism

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Person or object out of its proper time.

Something out of place in time.

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Malefactor

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Evildoer

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Crotchet

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Perverse or unfounded belief

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Awl

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Hole-punching tool

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Apogee

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Climax or high point.

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Nadir

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Low point

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Opus

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Musical or literary composition.

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Commodiousness

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Spaciousness

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Amiability

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Friendliness

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Propinquity

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Proximity

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Bop

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Move or travel energetically

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Traipse

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Walk casually or needlessly

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Circumambulate

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Walk all the way around.

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Sidle

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Walk timidly

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Reconnoiter

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Make a military observation of a place.

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Sardonic

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Scornfully or derisively mocking (sarcastic)

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Nugatory

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Of no value

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Sumptuous

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Very costly, luxurious or lavish.

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Mercurial

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Frequently changeable or changing mood.

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Jocund

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Cheerful, merry.

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Magisterial

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Having great authority; dictatorial.

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Pique

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Passing feeling of irritation at a perceived slight.

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Crescendo

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Climax; loudest point.

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Euphony

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Pleasing sound

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Sidereal

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Relating to the stars or constellations.

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Woebegone

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Extremely sad or full of woe.

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Ethereal

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Light, airy; heavenly, celestial.

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Effulgent

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Radiant, brilliantly shining or splendid.

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Haggard

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Having a wasted or exhausted appearance.

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Epaulet

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Shoulder ornament, typically worn on military uniforms.

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Laxity

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Looseness; leniency

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Construed

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Deduced, explained

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Belied

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Contradicted; give a false impression of.

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Derided

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Mocked, ridiculed.

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Tenuousness

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Uncertainty

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Imperilment

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Endangerment; Exposure to possible harm, loss, or injury.

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Condone

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Accept, allow.

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Proscribe

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Ban; forbid, especially by law.

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Palliate

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Alleviate, diminish.

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Cognoscenti

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People well informed about a subject.

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Fledglings

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Young, immature or inexperienced people.

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Neophytes

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Beginners

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Fungible

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Replaceable by something else.

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Heteromorphic

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Exhibiting a plurality of forms.

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Sycophantic

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Servile.

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Sordid

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Morally degraded, base or vile.

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Gauntlets

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Open challenges

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Animadversions

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Strong criticisms

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Glib

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Fluent to the point of insincerity.

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Peevish

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Disconnected; Ill-tempered

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Condign

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Appropriate, deserved

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Flagitious

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Marked by vice

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Dubious

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Warranting uncertainty or doubt.

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Proximate

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Closest in relationship; immediate.

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Antediluvian

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Before the flood.

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Allegories

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Stories with a moral or political meaning.

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Platitudes

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Dull, trite statements or remarks.

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Costiveness

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Fancy way to describe constipation.

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Bathos

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Anticlimax

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Tenable

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Able to be maintained, credible.

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Disingenuous

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Insincere, hypocritical

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Risible

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Capable of laughing

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Burgeoning

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Georgic

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68
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Natty

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69
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Penury

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Malaise

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71
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Lethargy

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Bombastic

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73
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Runic

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74
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Sartorial

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75
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Embezzle

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76
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Malingerer

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77
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Pilferer

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78
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Casuistic

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Trepidatious

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80
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Sagacity

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81
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Temerity

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82
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Lionized

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83
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Narrativized

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Risqué

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85
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Waggish

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86
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Malefactions

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87
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Peccadilloes

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88
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Trespasses

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89
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Catharsis

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90
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Inconclusiveness

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Embellishment

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92
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Denouement

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Platitude

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Stringency

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Insularity

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Eclecticism

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Iota

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Veneer

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Medley

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100
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Emend

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101
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Allay

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Edify

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Impuissant

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Peremptory

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Toothsome

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Atavistic

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Proximate

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Avert

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Rescind

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Protract

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Malady

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112
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Buttressing

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Epigram

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Warrant

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Occlude

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Galvanize

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