Kaplanpt3 Flashcards by kim c

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probity

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complete honesty and integrity

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profigate

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corrupt, degenerate

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proliferate

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to increase in number quickly

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propitiate

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to conciliate, appease

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pudence

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wisdom, caution, or restraint

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pulchritude

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beauty

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pusillanimous

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cowardly

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querulous

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inclined to complain, irritable

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redress

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relief from wrong or injury

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repast

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meal or mealtim

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replete

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abundantly supplied, complete

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repose

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relaxation, leisure

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requite

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to return or repay

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reticent

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silent, reserved

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ribald

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humurous in a vulgar way

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sanguine

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cheerfully optimistic

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sedition

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behavior that promotes revellion or civil disorder

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sinecure

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well paying jorb that requires little work

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slake

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to calm down or moderate

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sobriquet

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nickname

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solecism

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grammatical mistake

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specious

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deceptively attractive, seemingly plausible but fallacious

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stentorian

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extremely loud

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sublime

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lofty or grand

sully

to tarnish or taint

surfeit

excessive amount

sybarite

person devoted to pleasure and luxury

Sycophant

self serving flatterer, yes man

symbiosis

cooperation, mutual helpfulness

toady

one who flatters in hope of gaining favors

transitory

temporary, lasting brief time

Trenchant

acute, sharp, incisive

Tyro

beginner, novice

Umbrage

offense, resentment

Unconscionable

unscupulous, shockingly unfair or unjust

upbraid

to scold sharply

usury

practice of lending money at exorbitant rates

Variegated

varied, marked with different colors

Veracity

filled with truth and accuracy

Vernal

related to spring, fresh

Vestige

a trace, remnant

Vicissitude

a change or variation, fluctuation

vim

vitality and energy

Vituperate

to abuse verbally, to berate

voluble

talkative, speaking easily, glib

Wan

sickly pale

Wanton

undisciplined, unrestrained, reckless

wizened

shriveled, withered, wrinkled

Wraith

ghost or spector

Zephyr

gentle breeze, something airy or unsubstantial