Flocabulary Adventures Of Carlito Flashcards by Dan Luu

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Dictate

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To pronounce, command, prescribe

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Fortify

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To strengthen

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Diminutive

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Miniature, small

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Goad

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To urge, provoke into action

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Lachrymose

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Tearful

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Obsequious

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Submissive

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Laud

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To applaud or praise

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Sycophant

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A self-serving flatterer

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Officious

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Offering unwanted help or service

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Abide

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To put up with, tolerate

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Punctilious

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Eager to follow rules

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Propriety

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Decency, state of being proper

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Amble

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To stroll, walk

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Scurrilous

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Crude, vulgar

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Inimical

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Hostile, threatening

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Trek

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To walk, travel by foot

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Malevolent

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Having intent to harm others

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Malicious

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Malevolent, harmful

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Truculent

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Eager to fight, violent

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Pugnacious

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Belligerent

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Belligerent

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Contentious, ready to fight

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Accost

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To approach or confront aggressively

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Invective

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A verbal attack

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Timorous

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Fearful, timid

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Circumspect

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Cautious

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Prudent

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Cautious, careful

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Nefarious

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Horribly villainous

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Petulance

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Irritability, impoliteness

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Repudiate

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To reject, turn down

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Accede

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To agree

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Accommodating

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Obliging, helpful

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Poised

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Balanced, readied

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Masticate

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To chew

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Spurious

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False but intended to seem believable or possible

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Abate

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To lessen, to reduce in severity

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Abase

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To lower, demean, degrade

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Laceration

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A cut, a rip

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Altercation

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An argument, dispute

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Mediate

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To intervene, to arbitrate, to sort out

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Arbitrator

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One who settled controversy between two sides

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Restitution

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Compensation, reimbursement

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Retaliation

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Revenge, punishment

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Retribution

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Vengeance, revenge, payback

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Umbrage

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Anger, offense, resentment

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Upbraid

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To criticize, scold, reproach

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Berate

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To scold severely

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Atone

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To apologize, make amends

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Benevolent

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Kind, good, caring

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Bereft

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Without, devoid of

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Concede

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To give in, to accept