Deck 8 Flashcards

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Desiccated

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Dried upDehydrated

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Desecrate

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To violate sacrednessDefile

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Defile

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To violate sacredness of

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Decry

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To criticize openly

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Cursory

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Brevity (Bad)

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Cupidity

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GreedStrong desire

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7
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Credulity

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Readiness to believe

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Conflagration

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Great fire

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Concomitant

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Accompanying in a subordinate fashion

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Clemency

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Mercy

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Buffet

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To strike with force -food

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12
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Blandish

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To use flattery to persuade

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13
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Arrogate

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To take without justification

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Approbation

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Praise

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Adumbrate

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To sketch out in a vague way

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Abrogate

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To abolish

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Abjure

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To reject

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Superficial

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ShallowLacking depth

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Subtle

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Hard to detect or describe

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Submissive

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Submit to be degraded

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Resilient

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Quick to recover

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Provocative

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To provoke a responseBe controversial

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Prosaic

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DullCommon

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Perfidious

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Disloyal Untrustworthy

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Mundane

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Ordinary Common

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Longevity

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Long life

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Lobbyist

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Person who seeks to influence political events

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Impute

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To assign a cause

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Extenuating

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Excusing Decrease guilt of crime

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Exasperation

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Irritation Frustration

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Evanescence

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Quickly fadingShort lived

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Digression

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Straying away from main point

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Demagogue

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Mean leaderUsing emotions to appeal

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Conditional

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Based on condition or contract

35
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Camaraderie

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Friendly Social Trust