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Difficult Barron's 2400 Upper-Level Flashcards

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bane

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a cause for ruin

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bevy

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a large group

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bilk

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to steal; to embezzle

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boon

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a sudden gain; a windfall

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gait

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a manner or rate of walking

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glib

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easeful with speaking, storytelling

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glut

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to oversupply; to stuff

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hack

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hackneyed, trite, stale; to chop

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hale

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healthy

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mire

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a swamp pit; mud; a quagmire

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alacrity

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cheerful readiness

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aspersion

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misleading or false rumor; gossip

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brook (v.)

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to endure; to put up with

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bungle

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to botch; to mess up

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chagrin

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embarrassment

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constituents

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voters

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denuded

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made ineffective or infertile

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diaphanous

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sheer, gauzy, see-through; transparent

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discretionary

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based on personal choice; showing prudence

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epitaph

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words inscribed on a tomb

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extant

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existing

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felicitous

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suitable; pleasant

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flotilla

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fleet of ships

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gaunt

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thin; haggard

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hermetic

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sealed in an airtight manner

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insular

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isolated; remote

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jingoism

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aggressive touting of one’s patriotism

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juggernaut

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relentless force

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melee

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a hand-to-hand fight involving several participants

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mendacity

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deceit, dishonesty, fabrication

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myopic

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short-sighted

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nondescript

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featureless; hard to describe

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oblique

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indirect; slanted

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perfidious

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disloyal; traitorous

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petulant

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irritable

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plaudits

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applause; praise

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precept

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a rule of behavior or action

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probity

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honesty; integrity

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pundits

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erudite (learned, scholarly) persons

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quibble

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to find fault with

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raiment

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clothing, apparel, attire

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rectitude

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the quality of being right, moral, good

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reprehensible

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worthy of blame

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retrograde

A

going backward and therefore not progressing

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spate

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an outpouring

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subterfuge

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deception

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surfeit (n.)

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a surplus, an oversupply

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synergistic

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working together and having a greater combined effect because of simultaneous operation

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table (v.)

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to set aside an issue to be discussed at a later time

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temper (v.)

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to lessen the severity of

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treacly/treacle

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overly sentimental

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unheralded

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unannounced

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upstart

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a rebel, an insurgent; a maverick

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venial

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forgivable; pardonable

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verisimilitude

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probability; something that has the appearance of truth

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victuals

A

food

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watershed

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a defining moment; a turning point

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waylay

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to ambush

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wheedle

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to cajole or coax

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windfall

A

an unexpected gain or boon

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