HW#6 Problem Words Flashcards
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Cathartic
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Providing psychological relief through the open expression of strong emotions
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Emollient
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Having the quality of softening or smoothing skin;
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Incapacitated
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Disable; debilitate
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Inconsequential
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Not important or significant
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Virulent
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Poisonous; toxic; vitriolic; malicious
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Deleterious
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Causing harm or damage
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Bemoan
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Lament; bewail; mourn
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Aggrandize
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Increase the power, status or wealth of
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Nadir
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Rock-bottom
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Medley
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Assortment; miscellany
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Untoward
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Unexpected; inappropriate; inconvenient
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Halcyon
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Happy; blissful
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Seemly
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Proper; descent
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Impolitic
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Imprudent; unwise
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Genteel
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Refined; polite