Deck 9 Flashcards by S H

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Stilled

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stiff

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Stigma

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mark of shame

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Stint

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amount of time

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Stipend

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allowance

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Stricture

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restraint

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Strident

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loud

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Sublime

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awe inspiring

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Subpoena

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a summon to court

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Subterfuge

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avoidance tactic

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Subvert

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to corrupt

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Succinct

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brief

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Superannuated

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archaic

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Supercilious

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haughty, arrogant

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Supplant

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to substitute

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Supplicant

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a beggar

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Surreptitious

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secret

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Swarthy

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dark

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Sybarite

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pleasure seeker

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Syllabus

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outline

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Symposium

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meeting

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Tableau

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description

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Tang

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sharp taste

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Tangential

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diverting

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Tawdry

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gaudy

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Tenable

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defensible

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Tenacious

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stubborn

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Tenet

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belief

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Tensile

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durable

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Terse

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concise

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Torpid

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dormant

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Transient

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ephemeral

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Transmute

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to change

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Travesty

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sad parody

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Trenchant

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forceful

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Trite

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shallow

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Tryst

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romantic meeting

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Turgid

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swollen

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Turpitude

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vileness

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Tyro

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novice

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Umbrage

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verbal assault

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Unctuous

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greasy

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Urbane

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civil

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Usury

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banking

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Utilitarian

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efficient

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Vaunted

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flaunted

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Venerable

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respected due to age

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Veracious

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truthful

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Verdant

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full of plants

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Verdure

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vegetation

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Verisimilitude

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appearing to be true

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Vernacular

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related to language

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Vernal

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spring

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Vestige

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a remnant

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Vicarious

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a substitute

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Vicissitude

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changes

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Vim

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energy

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Virile

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manly

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Viscous

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syrupy

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Vitriolic

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bitter

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Vituperate

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to scold

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Vociferous

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loud

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Voluble

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glib