ETC Flashcards by Shirley Ong

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apposite

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appropriate

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au courant

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up to date

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futile

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pointless

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synergy

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combined action

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extol

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praise (aka laud)

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augury

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predicted event

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stultification

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becoming student

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terminus

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extreme of anything

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epistles

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letter

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tome

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book

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bourgeois

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middle class

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respendent

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beautiful

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hidebound

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rigid

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placid

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calm

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larceny

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theft

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embezzlement

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withholding something

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adroit

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skilled

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portend

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predict

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histrionic

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melodramatic

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hoary

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shabby, old

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hone

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sharpen and refine

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whetted

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sharpen and refine

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torpid

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inactive

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rancor

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hatred

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bane

bother

bastion

defence

stupefying

shocking

perpetuity

forever

ire

anger

conflagration

out of control crowd

germinal

immature

ratify

officially approve

congeal

solidify

obeisance

deferential respect

goaded

urged

balabored

a lot of detail

alacrity

cheerfulness

ebullient

cheerfulness

torpid

lethargic

burnish

polish

levity

lightness

omnipotent

all powerful

demurred

refuse

waylay

attack, get rid of

ignominy

embarassment

pertinient

relevant

aloof

distant

portent

omen/sign

onus

burden/weight

sagacious

good at giving advice

amass

accumulate

excreable

extremely bad

salacious

sexual

parity

equality

abjure

reject

elusive

difficult to find

effusive

gushy, full of emotion

jaundiced

bitter

nomads

people that travel from place to place

surreptitiously

sneakily

wily

cunning/clever

pillage

violence

contusion

bruise

referendum

public vote

pious

religious

mercenary

someone doing something to get paid/to get something out of it (selfish)

numinismatist

someone who collects coins

peregrinations

passing from one thing to the other (journey)

pedant

overly explains simple concepts

venial

sins that aren't too bad

peccadilloes

sins that aren't too bad

volatile

can change quickly

cogitate

ponder

ineffable

to extreme to be described by words

ardent

passionate

virtuosity

skill

paraish

outcast

undergrid

strengthen

stygian

dark and gloomy

saturnine

gloomy

prohibitive

impossible, expensive

orate

pompous and overblown manner

resuscitation

bring back to life

approbation

approval