Flocabulary Flashcards by Bailey Croom | Brainscape

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Quid pro quo

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A mutually beneficial exchange

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Infuse

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Inject

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gluttonous

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insatiable in appetite

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portly

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fat and chubby, corpulent

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surfeit

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an excess, a surplus

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gourmand

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one who likes eating and drinking

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noisome

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foul, offensive

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noxious

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harmful, toxic

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baleful

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harmful, threatening

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odious

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meriting strong displeasure

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toothsome

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delicious, luscious

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pungent

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having a sharp, strong quality, especially related to smell

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putrid

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rotten, rancid, foul

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rancid

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rotten, spoiled, disgusting in smell or taste, putrid

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forsake

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to abandon, forget

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somnolent

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sleepy

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vivacious

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lively, spirited, full of life

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abbreviate

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to shorten, reduce

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aphorism

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a short saying

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abridge

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to shorten, cut down

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pellucid

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clear

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acumen

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keen insight

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maxim

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a common saying of advice or virtue

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dutiful

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obedient, compliant

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captivate

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to hold the interest of, to gain the attention of

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abduct

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to kidnap

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henchman

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a trusted follower, goon

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stagnate

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to be idle, to be still, stagnant

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stagnant

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still, not flowing, stagnate

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torpid

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lazy, lethargic

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doppelganger

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a ghostly double of a living person

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mimic

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to imitate to copy

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excursion

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a trip, an outing

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tortuous

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winding, twisted

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surmise

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to guess, infer, suppose

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espouse

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to support, or to marry

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matrimony

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marriage

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laudatory

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admiring, praising

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euphoric

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elated, overjoyed

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gay

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happy

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ruse

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a trick

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cavort

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to frolic, leap, prance

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carouse

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to revel, to party

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buffet (verb)

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to strike, to pound

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bourgeois

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middle class

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lavish

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extravagant

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buffet (noun)

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a spread of food involving choices

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bloated

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swollen, bigger than desired

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lethargic

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sluggish, weary, apathetic

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corpulent

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very fat, portly