Last weekkk Flashcards
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preempt
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take the place of
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coalesce
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fuse
3
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cardinal
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most important
4
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elicit
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call forth
5
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vitriol
A
abusive language
6
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estimable
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deserving respect
7
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artlessness
A
innocence
8
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elude
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fail to be grasped
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emulate
A
imitate
10
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juggernaut
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unstoppable force
11
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presumptuous
A
overly forward
12
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languish
A
become weak
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preemptive
A
done first
14
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cornucopia
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abundant supply
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copious
A
abundant
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discrete
A
seperate
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dispassioned
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objective
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unforthcoming
A
not cooperative
19
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improvident
A
not careful
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betray
A
reveal
21
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unequivocal
A
having a clear meaning
22
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contemptuous
A
scornful
23
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creditable
A
good but not great
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base
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without principles
25
heyday
pinnacle
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compound
make more intense
27
effervescent
bubbly
28
banality
cliche
29
spartan
unconcerned with comfort
30
imbibe
absorb ideas
31
docile
easily managed
32
pith
most essential part
33
miser
one who is cheap
34
row
angry dispute
35
equivocate
speak vaguely
36
obtuse
slow to learn
37
muted
softened
38
disingenuous
pretending to be honest
39
corroborate
confirm
40
opaque
tough to understand
41
benign
harmless
42
whimsical
driven by impulse
43
perennial
everlasting
44
chauvinist
elitist
45
accolade
high praise
46
duplicity
deceit
47
recapitulation
summary
48
conducive
helpful
49
despot
tyrant
50
puerile
childish
51
desecrate
ruin something holy
52
expunge
erase
53
tyro
beginner
54
ossify
harden
55
obstinate
stubborn
56
evanescent
short lived
57
loath
reluctant
58
pariah
outcast
59
corollary
consequence
60
lachrymose
weepy
61
gambit
scheme
62
diatribe
bitter verbal attack
63
artifice
trickery
64
conciliate
make peace with
65
admonish
warn
66
pertinent
relevant
67
inchoate
not fully formed
68
solicitous
anxious to please
69
epigram
witty saying
70
consecrate
make holy
71
illustrious
famous
72
erudite
scholarly
73
hubris
excessive pride
74
truculence
tendency to fight
75
malinger
avoid work
76
celerity
quickness
77
moment
importance
78
grandiloquent
pompous
79
clemency
mercy
80
adjudicate
judge
81
endemic
native
82
malapropism
confusing similar words
83
schadenfreude
joy in other's suffering
84
eponym
derived from a name
85
abrogate
overturn a law
86
maladroit
clumsy
87
moot
irrelevant
88
desiccated
lacking vitality
89
ignoble
dishonorable
90
implacable
unable to be harmed
91
promulgate
officially make known
92
quitty
witty remark
93
circumscribe
restrict within limits
94
factitious
artificial
95
zeitgeist
spirit of the times
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