History words Flashcards by Joohi Rana | Brainscape

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draconian

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very strict laws and rules

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laconic

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very concise

brief

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succinct

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very concise

brief

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terse

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very concise

brief

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spartan

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plain and simple

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halcyon

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idyllically calm and tranquil

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sophistry

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a deliberately misleading argument

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chimerical

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a fantastic scheme, unchecked imagination

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ostracize

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to deliberately exclude from a group

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impecunious

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poor, penniless, not affluent

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nefarious

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extremely wicked

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jovial

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good-humored

cheerful

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jocular

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good-humored

cheerful

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dirge

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a funeral hymn

mournful music

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maudlin

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excessively sentimental

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quixotic

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foolishly impractical

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pandemonium

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a wild uproar, tumult

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martinet

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a strict disciplinarian

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fiasco

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a complete failure

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debacle

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a complete failure

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bowdlerize

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to remove or delete objectionable parts of a book

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galvanize

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to electrify, stir into action

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picayune

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something of small value, petty, trifling

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gerrymander

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to divide a district so as to give one side an advantage

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maverick

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an independent person

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juggernaut

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a irresistible force

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serendipity

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an accidental but fortunate discovery

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zenith

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the highest point

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apex

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the highest point

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nadir

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the lowest point