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July 2020 Flashcards

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Splenetic

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Bad tempered, spiteful

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2
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Hapless

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Unfortunate

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Surly

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Splenetic - bad tempered, unfriendly

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4
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Craven

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Cowardly

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5
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Importunate

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Persistent to the point of annoyance

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6
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Tawdry

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Showy but of poor quality

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Inviolate

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Safe from injury or violation

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8
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Timorous

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Diffident

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9
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Effulgence

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Brightness taken to the extreme

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10
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Paean

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Song of praise or triumph

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Tendentious

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Intending to promote a particular cause or point of view, often a controversial one

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12
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Weal & woe

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Times of happiness and sadness

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Attenuate

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Weaken — reduce in force, effect or value

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14
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Credulous

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Gullible, showing too great a willingness to believe things

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Cantankerous

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Argumentative, uncooperative

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Simulacram

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Unsatisfactory imitation or substitute

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17
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Sully

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Defile

18
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Besmirch

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Sully, defile, Dampen the reputation of

19
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Disparaging

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Suggesting that someone is of little worth; derogatory

20
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Incorrigible

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Unable to be corrected, improved, or reformed

21
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Concomitant

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Accompanying

22
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Corpulent

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Obese

23
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Dilatory

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Causing delay, tardy

24
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Insolent

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Impudent, contemptuous, showing a rude lack of respect

25
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Suppleness

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Pliant, flexible, like dough

26
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Solicitude

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Care or concern for someone or something

27
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Gimmick

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Trick or device intended to attract business or attention

28
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Propitious

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Giving a good chance of success; favorable

29
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Undulation

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Moving smoothly up and down

30
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Nondescript

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Lacking distinctive or interesting or abnormal characteristics

31
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Latent

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Existing but not yet manifest; hidden or concealed

32
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Uncouth

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Lacking manners or refinement

33
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Hew

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Adhere to or conform to

34
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Parlay

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Bet an initial winning to win more and build on winnings

35
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Prorated

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Allocated or distributed proportionately; annual vacation will be prorated bc you started working here in October

36
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Pare

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Trim, shave

37
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Sententious

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Moralizing, self righteous, judgmental or arrogant in a pious way

38
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Deracinated or deracine

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Uprooted or displaced from one’s social environment or geographical context. Fascists critiqued the deracine individualism of the enlightenment

39
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Acolyte

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Minion, assistant, helper, servant

40
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Abscond

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Flee, run away, escape

41
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Enervate

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Exhaust, tire, fatigue

42
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Restive

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Agitation, jitters, unrest

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