Day 6 Flashcards

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admonish

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scold someone seriously
give someone urgent advice

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aesthetic

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pertaining to beauty or the appreciation thereof

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3
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affectation

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a pretense or show meant to impress others

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alleviate

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lessen the intensity or severity of something negative

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5
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analogous

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comparable or similar to

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6
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bolster

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lend support or bobost

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7
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chauvinistic

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excessively patriotic or biased in favor of a group or cause

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8
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connoisseur

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discerning expert in matters of taste

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dissemble

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hide or misrepresent one’s true feelings or beliefs

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dogged

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demonstrating tenacity and an unwillingness to give up

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dupe

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trick or fool someone

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12
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empirical

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based on observation or experience rather than conjecture

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engender

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produce or stimulate the development of something

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entitled

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assuming oneself to be deserving of special rights or privileeges

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pertinacious

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stubbornly holding onto a belief or course of action

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presumptuous

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overstepping boundaries, often in an overconfident way

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probity

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the characteristic of having strong ethical standards

18
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proliferate

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rapidly increase or multiply in number

19
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specious

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seeming reasonable but actually wrong

20
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spurious

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not genuine; bogus

21
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subjective

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pertaining to personal feelings rather than objective reality

22
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subvert

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undermine or weaken, typically an authority of some sort

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timorous

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displaying nervousness; lacking confidence

24
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tortuous

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marked by numerous twists or turns
overly complicated and long

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tractable

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easily managed or controlled
easy to solve or handle

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transient

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not lasting, enduring, or permanent; transitory

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ubiquitous

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being everywhere at once

28
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underscore

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emphasize or show the importance of something

29
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venal

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open to bribery or corruption

30
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venerate

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regard with deep respect or reverence