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hstp word Flashcards

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abet

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to aid

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antediluvian

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a very old (or old fashioned) person

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antithesis

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the opposite

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apex

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the highest point (of something)

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apocryphal

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doubtful in authenticity

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ardor

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passion

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assuage

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to make easier

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astute

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practical intelligence, clever

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autocrat

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a cruel and dictatorial leader

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avuncular

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like an uncle

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bellicose

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warlike

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benefactor

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gives financial help to people/institutions

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benighted

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lacking knowledge or culture

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diminutive

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small

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discreet

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modest

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discrete

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separate

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divulge

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to tell

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dormant

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not active

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dross

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removable worthless material

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edible

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eatable

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egress

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an exit

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elegy

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a mournful poem

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engender

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to bring forth

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enmity

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a state of deep-seated ill-will

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equivocate

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to lie

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facile

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expressing yourself clearly

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feign

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to pretend

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fulsome

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disgustingly excessive

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garrulous

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full of trivial conversation

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guile

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the quality of being cunning and crafty

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hamper

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to hinder, to get in the way of, to interfere with

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haughty

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showing arrogant superiority

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heinous

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shockingly brutal or cruel

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hew

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strike with an axe

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ignoble

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not of nobility

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impair

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make worse of less effective

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impede

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block passage through

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inane

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complacently or inanely foolish

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incite

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provoke or stir up

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incredulous

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unbelievable

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indelible

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cannot be removed, washed away or erased

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indolent

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disinclined to work or exertion

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innocuous

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harmless

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intrepid

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invulnerable to fear or intimidation

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ire

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anger

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jocular

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characterized by jokes and good humor

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jubilant

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joyful and proud

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laudable

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worthy of high praise

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lax

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loose, not strict

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lexicon

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dictionary

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lithe

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gracefully slender

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lucid

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transparently clear

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malcontent

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a person who is discontented or disgusted

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meander

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a curve in a stream

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mendicant

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a begger

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mettle

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the courage to carry on

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mimic

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to imitate

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mollify

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make less rigid or softer

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morose

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showing a brooding ill humor

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mundane

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ordinary

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nadir

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lowest point

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noisome

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having an offensive odor

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obdurate

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showing unfeeling resisitance to tender feelings

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oblique

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indirect in departing from the accepted or proper way

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obstreperous

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boisterously and noisily aggressive

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odious

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unequivocally detestable

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opulent

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rich and superior in quality

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ostracize

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to exclude

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palpable

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capable of being perceived by the senses or the mind

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panegyric

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a formal expression of praise

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paragon

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an ideal instance

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paramount

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having superior power and infulence

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pathos

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rouses emotions

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perfidious

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tending to betray

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peripatetic

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a person who walks from place to place

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pernicious

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extremely harmful

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petty

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contemptibly narrow in outlook

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