Lesson 8 Vocab Flashcards

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Ameliorate

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(V) to make better; improve

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Allay

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(V) to reduce the intensity of; relieve; pacify

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Asperity

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(N) roughness or harshness; severity

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Exegesis

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(n) an analysis; interpretation of

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Extradite

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(V) to release an accused criminal to another jurisdiction

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Hypocrisy

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(N) two faced, falseness

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Inveigh

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(V) to protest, oppose

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Lionize

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(V) to honor or celebrate

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Pander

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(V) to act as a go-between; to exploit weakness of others

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Profligate

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Wasteful; immoral

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Recalcitrant

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(Adj) stubbornly resistant

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Renunciation

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(N) rejection; abandonment

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Unimpeachable

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(Adj) beyond doubt; unquestionable

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Unwieldy

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(Adj) not easily held

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Vitiate

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(V) to reduce the value of; to corrupt or debase

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15
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Catharsis

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H

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Consternation

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G

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Emollient

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I

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Flay

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J

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Usurped

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K

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Vacillate

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L

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Catharsis

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H

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Emollient

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Soothing to the skin

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Vacillate

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Indecisive

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Consternation

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Anxiety or dismay

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Usurp

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take a position or power illegally or by force