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Day 6 Flashcards

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1
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yen

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longing, urge

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vouchsafe

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to grant condescendingly; to guarantee

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waffle

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to speak equivocally about an issue

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welter

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turmoil

bewildering jumble

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vituperative

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abusive and scolding

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vitiate

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to spoil the effect of

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viscous

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sticky, gluey

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vindicate

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to clear from blame

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vicissitude

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change of fortune

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vicarious

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acting as a substitute

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vestige

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trace or remains

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verisimilitude

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appearance of truth

likelihood

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verbiage

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pompous array of words

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venal

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capable of being bribed

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valedictory

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pertaining to farewell

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vaunted

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boasted or bragged

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vagrant

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stray or random

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vagary

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caprice or whim

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vacillate

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to waver or fluctuate

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upbraid

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to severely scold or reprimand

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unwonted

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unaccustomed

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unwieldly

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awkward or cumbersome

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untenable

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indefensible, not able to be maintained

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unprepossessing

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unattractive

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unobtrusive

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inconspicuous

not blatant

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unmitigated

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absolute

unrelieved or immoderate

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unexceptionable

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not offering any basis for criticism

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unconscionable

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unscrupulous or excessive

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unbridled

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violent

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unassailable

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not subject to question

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umbrage

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resentment or anger

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ubiquitous

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being everywhere

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tyro

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beginner or novice

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tutelary

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protective

pertaining to guardianship

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turpitude

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depravity

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trenchant

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forceful and vigorous

cutting

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travesty

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parody

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travail

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painful physical or mental labor

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transmute

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to change, convert to something different

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traduce

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to expose to slander

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tractable

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docile, easily managed

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torrid

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passionate, hot, or scorching

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timorous

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fearful, demonstrating fear

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tendentious

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biased

designed to further a cause

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temporize

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to act evasively to gain time

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temerity

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boldness or rashness

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tautological

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needlessly repetitious

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tacit

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understood, not put into words

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sycophant

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servile flatterer

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surfeit

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satiate, stuff, indulge to excess

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supposititious

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assumed, counterfeit, hypothetical

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supposition

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hypothesis, surmise

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supplicate

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to petition humbly

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supererogatory

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superfluous

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supercilious

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arrogant

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sundry

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various, several

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succor

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to aid, assist, comfort

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subterfuge

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pretense, evaasion

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subsume

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to include, encompass

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subpoena

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writ summoning a witness to appear

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suborn

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to persuade to act unlawfully

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subjugate

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to conquer

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stymie

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to present an obstacle

to stump

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stultify

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to cause to appear or become stupid or inconsistent

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strident

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loud and harsh

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stricture

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critical comments

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strategem

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clever trick

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stolid

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dull or impassive

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stodgy

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stuffy or boringly conservative

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stipulate

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to make express conditions or specify

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stint

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to be thrifty or to set limits

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stilted

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bombastic, or stiffly pompous

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spurious

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false, counterfeit

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sportive

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playful

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specious

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seemingly reasonable but incorrect

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sordid

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filthy, file

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sophistry

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seemingly plausible but fallacious reasoning

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solicitous

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worried, concerned

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slapdash

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haphazard, careless, sloppy

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skildruggery

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dishonest behavior

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skinflint

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stingy person, miser

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sinecure

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well-paid position with little responsibility

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serendipity

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gift for finding valuable or desirable things by accident

84
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sequester

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isolate, retire from public life

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sententious

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terse, concise, aphoristic

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