Doea Word Flashcards by Alex Wang

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Expurgate

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Remove offensive parts of writing

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Yen

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Longing

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Flinch

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Hesitate

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Subdued

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Less intense

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Deft

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Neat skillful

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Fitful

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Spasmodic, occuring or done in brief itregulsr burst

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Hiatus

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Gap, interruption in duration

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Stint

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To be thrifty, alloted amount

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Discomposure

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Loss of poise

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Dissemble

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Disguise, pretend

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Concession

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The act of conceding or yielding

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Esoteric

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Hard to understand

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Receptive

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Quick and willing to receive ideas

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Imperious

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Domineering, haughty

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Retrograde

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To go backwards

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Meticulous

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Excessively careful

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Injurious

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Harmful

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acerbity

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Bitterness of speech and temper

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Condone

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Overlook, excuse

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Rebuttal

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Response with contrary evidence

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Irreproachable

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Impeccable, blameless

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Economy

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Efficiency

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Agenda

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Items of business at a meeting

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Indelible

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Unable to be deleted

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Tangential

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Peripheral, only slightly connected, degressing

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Halting

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Hesitant

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Nonchalance

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Indifferent

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Bode

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Foreshadow, portend

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Elusive

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Evasive, bafilling, hard to gradp

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Correlation

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Mutual relationship

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Remunerative

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Compensating, rewarding

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Statute

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The law enacted by the legislature

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Convention

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Social or moral customs, established practice

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Remedial

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Corrective

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Bemoan

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Lament, disapproval of

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Superficial

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Trivial, shallow

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Rectify

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Set right

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Fabricate

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Build, lie

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Ordinance

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Decree

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Incorrigible

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Not correctable

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Stigmatize

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Mark as wicked

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Wax

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Increase, grow

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Emulate

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Innitate, rival

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Construe

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Explain, interpret

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Harbor

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Provide a refugeee

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Consecrate

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Dedicate, sanctify

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Entail

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Require, necessitate, involve

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Ulterior

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Hidden

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Retrench

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Cut down

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Grouse

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Complain fuss

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Provincial

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Pertaining to a province, limited in outlook unsophisticated

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Wily

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Cunning, artful

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Contention

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Claim, thesis

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Incisive

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Cutting, sharp

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Reprehensible

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Deserving blame

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Mode

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Style

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Desultory

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Aimless

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Conglomeration

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Mass of material, sticking together

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Enterprising

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Full of initiatives

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Animosity

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Active enmity

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Fraternize

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Associate in a friendly way

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Dauntless

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Bold, preserving

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Dissent

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Disagree (ment)

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Copious

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Plentiful

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Obsolete

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No longer useful

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Alleviate

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Relieve

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Opportune

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Timely, well chosen

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Caliber

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Ability

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Contest

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Dispute

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Deragatory

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Disrespectful attitude

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Husband

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Save, use sparingly

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Oligarchy

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Government by a problematic few

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Integrity

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Uprightness, wholeness

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Turmult

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Commotion, riot

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Fallacious

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False u