Final Flashcards by Ella You

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Feinting

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To make a false show

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Intervened

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Coming in between disputing

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Blatantly

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Brazenly obvious

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Complacent

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Pleased with oneself or one own Métis or situation

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Promulgating

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To teach (enforce) publicly

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Espousing

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Embracing a cause or adopting

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Honed

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To improve or perfect

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Smirking

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To smile in a smug or offensive way

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Pristine

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Original purity, in corrupted or unsullied

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Sequestered

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To remove or separate

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Palpable

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Readily or plainly seen

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Prominent

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Standing out so as to be easily seen

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Obliteration

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To remove or destroy all traces of

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Hoisted

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To raise or life something up

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Fretted

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To worry

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Diminutive

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Very small or much smaller than usual

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Ingenuity

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Cleverness

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Raucous

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Loud and harsh sounding

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Cajoled

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To persuade by flattery or promises

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Pilfering

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To steal, especially in small quantities

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Tentative

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Unsure, uncertain; not definite

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Flouted

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To treat with contmpt

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Adversaries

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A person or group that opposes

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Pious

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Showing reverence or loyalty to god

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Pillaged

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To rob with open violence

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Entice

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To lead by exciting hope

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Destitute

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Deprived of food, clothing or shelter

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Arraigned

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Accused or criticized

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Ostentatiously

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Intended to attract attention

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Woefully

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In a sad or miserable way

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Perusal

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Survey, careful study, analysis

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Tenable

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Capable of being held

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Discretion

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Ability to make responsible decisions

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Abominably

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Detectably with hatred

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Dismay

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Discouragement

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Abhorred

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Hated or disgusted

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Obscure

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Hidden

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Indiscretion

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Lack of good judgment

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Credent

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Believing deception

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Treachery

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A willful betrayal of trust

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Mandate

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A command or an order

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Visage

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Face, outward appearance

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Conjectures

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A conclusion deducted by guesswork

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Aloof

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Distant or unapproachable

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Forgery

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A false hood, lie or deception

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Discord

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Lack of agreement

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Shrewdly

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Sharply or intensely

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Emulate

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Ambitious or rivalrous