Day 4 - (7~8) Flashcards by Jihyun (John) Park

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Abstruse

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hard to understand

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affront

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insult; “in your face”

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alleviate

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to relieve

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allocate

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to distribute; to assign

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bluster

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being loud and aggressive

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bombast

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pompous speech

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brawny

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having muscle; strength

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castigate

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criticize severely

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cerebral

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brainy; smart

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contiguous

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side by side; touching

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corrugated

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shaped with folds or waves

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cosmopolitan

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sophisticated

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epitome

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perfect example

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exorbitant

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excessive

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expatriate

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to move away from the mother country

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expedient

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providing an immediate advantage

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expedite

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to speed up

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fallacy

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false idea

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discal

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related to financial matters

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flagrant

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glaringly bad

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flaunt

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to show off

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fledgling

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inexperienced; immature

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flippant

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frivolously disrespectful

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laud

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praise

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lavish

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to spend freely

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mercenary

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fighting or doing anything for money

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orthodox

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adhering to established principles

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oscillate

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to swing back and forth

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palliative

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relieving symptoms without effecting a cure

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partisan

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a person who supports a person or idea

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rhetoric

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art of speaking or writing

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squander

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to waste

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tangential

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irrelevant

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vestige

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remaining bits of something

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vex

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to annoy

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vie

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to compete

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vigilant

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constantly alert; watchful

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anthology

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collection

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antipodal

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situated on the opposite of earth; exactly opposite

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antithesis

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a direct opposite

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autocratic

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ruling with an absolute monarch; bossy

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autonomous

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acting independently

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contraband

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smuggled goods(밀수품)

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contretemps

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embarrassing occcruence; a mishap

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debase

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to lower quality or value

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debilitate

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to weaken; to cripple

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debunk

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to expose the nonsense of; criticize

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decry

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to put down; to denounce

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defame

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ruin the good name of; damage the reputation

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defile

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to make filthy or foul; to violate

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defunct

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no longer in effect or in existence

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degenerate

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to break down

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degrade

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to lower in dignity or status

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defected

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depressed; disheartened

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deplete

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to decrease the supply of; to exhaust; to use up

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deplore

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to regret

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deride

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to ridicule; to laugh at contemptuously

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disparate

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different; unequal

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exonerate

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to free completely from blame

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magnanimous

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forgiving; generous

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malapropism

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humorous misuse of a word that sounds similar to the word intended but has a different meaning

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malignant

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causing harm

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peripatetic

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wandering; traveling continuously

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posterity

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future generations; descendants; heirs

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posthumous

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occurring after one’s death; published after the death of the author

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replete

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completely filled; abounding

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vocation

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an occupation; job