English Week 15 Vocabulary Flashcards

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1
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Of doubtful authenticity

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Apocryphal

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2
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To persuade with flattery or gentle urging; false promises

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Cajole

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3
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A standard on which a judgment or decision must be based

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Criterion

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4
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To expose the sham or falseness of

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Debunk

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5
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An often restless or transitory warmth of feeling

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Ardor

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6
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A formal decree, solemn agreement, something that makes an oath binding

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Sanction

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7
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designed or intended to teach

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Didactic

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8
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A gentle disposition, harmless

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Benign

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9
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Removed or distant, either physically or emotionally

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Aloof

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10
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Exceptionally early in development or occurrence

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Precocious

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11
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To act together to a common end or single effect

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Concur

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12
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To represent by or as if by a picture

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Depict

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13
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Being at once relevant and appropriate

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Germane

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14
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Practicing strict self-denial as a measure of personal and spiritual discipline

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Ascetic

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15
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Lacking significance

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Inane

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16
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To utter or make meaningless sounds as if to babble

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Prattle

17
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Exhibiting an often perverse and wearisome tendency to quarrels and disputes

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Contentious

18
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The act of being lenient

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Clemency

19
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Difficult to comprehend

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Abstruse

20
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To kill with poison

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Bane