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Lesson 16 Flashcards

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Acclaim

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Praise with great approval

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Asertain

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Learn with certainty

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Assertive

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Having a confident personality

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Bogus

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Fake or fraudulent

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Cataclysmic

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Causing great disruption

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Circumscribe

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To limit someone

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Complementary

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Enhancing when combined with something else

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Contentious

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Causing disagreement

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Divulge

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Disclose or reveal information

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Dogmatic

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Insisting on one ideas without open to others

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Fallacious

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False

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Fool hardy

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Careless

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Hinder

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Obstruct

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Impair

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Weaken or affect negatively

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Impugn

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Challenge the truth or honesty of something

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Incessant

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Constant

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Inclined

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Bias towards others

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Inveterate

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Deep rooted or unlikely to change

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Miserly

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Greedy

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Patent

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Clear

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Petulant

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Irritable or childish

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Pithy

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Expressing ideas in meaningful manner

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Pliant

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Flexible or easily understand

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Sanctimonious

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Giving the impression one is morally superior

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Sound

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Based on reason , sense

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Tarnish

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Compromise or damage

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Tepid

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Lukewarm

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Upbraid

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Criticise or scold severely

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Vexation

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The state of being irritated

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Disingenuous

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Straightforward

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