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Deck 28 Flashcards

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spendthrift

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n. someone who wastes money

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subsidy

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n. direct financial aid by government

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traverse

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v. go through or across

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upbraid

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v. severely scold; reprimand

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5
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adjacent

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adj. adjoining; neighboring; close by

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amiable

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adj. agreeable; lovable; warmly friendly

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7
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apparition

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n. ghost; phantom

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astringent

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adj. binding; causing contraction

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bard

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n. poet

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bludgeon

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n. club; heavy-handed weapon

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11
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calumny

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n. malicious misrepresentation; slander

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collateral

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n. security given for loan

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congruent

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adj. in agreement; corresponding

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14
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corrosive

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adj. eating away by chemicals or disease

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15
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debutante

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n. young woman making formal entrance into society

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16
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derange

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v. make insane; disarrange

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17
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discomposure

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n. agitation; loss of poise

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18
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elixir

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n. cure-all; something invigorating

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epithet

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n. inscription in memory of a dead person

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fraught

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adj. filled

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21
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glossy

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adj. smooth and shining

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hiatus

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n. gap; interruption in duration or continuity; pause

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23
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impel

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v. drive or force upward

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24
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inimical

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adj. unfriendly; hostile; harmful; detrimental

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invoke

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v. call upon; ask for

26
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largess

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n. generous gift

27
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malady

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n. illness

28
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multifarious

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adj. varied; greatly diversified

29
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obituary

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adj. death notice

30
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outskirts

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n. fringes; outer borders

31
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pique (v)

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v. provoke or arouse; annoy

32
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propagate

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v. multiply; spread

33
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quibble

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n. minor objection or complaint

34
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serpentine

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adj. winding; twisting

35
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sophisticated

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adj. worldly-wise and urbane; complex

36
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stupor

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n. state of apathy; daze; lack of awareness

37
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tacit

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adj. understood; not put into words

38
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tract

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n. region of land (often imprecisely described); pamphlet

39
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universal

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adj. characterizing or affecting all; present everywhere

40
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academic

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adj. related to a school; not particularly or directly useful

41
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acoustics

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n. science of sound; quality that makes a room easy or hard to hear in

42
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agitate

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v. stir up; disturb

43
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allude

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v. refer indirectly

44
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annul

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v. make void

45
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antiseptic

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n. substance that prevents infection

46
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aristocracy

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n. hereditary nobility; privileged class

47
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aseptic

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adj. preventing infection; having a cleansing effect

48
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automaton

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n. robot; person performing a task mechanically

49
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awry

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adv. crooked; wrong; amiss

50
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benign

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adj. kindly; favorable; not malignant

51
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bicameral

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adj. two-chambered, as a legislative body

52
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brittle

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adj. easily broken; difficult

53
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catharsis

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n. purging or cleansing of any passage of the body

54
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cleave

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v. split or sever; cling to; remain faithful to

55
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concave

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adj. hollow

56
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contiguous

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adj. adjacent to; touching upon

57
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deign

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v. condescend; stoop

58
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dispirited

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adj. lacking in spirit

59
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dwarf

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v. cause to seem small

60
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evasive

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adj. not frank; eluding(tending to evade)

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