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Level 7 Flashcards

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Redress

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Remedy

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Anomalous

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Deviating from common order, abnormal

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Obsequious

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Servile compliance, obedient, dutiful

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Didactic

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Instructive

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5
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Truncate

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Shorten, cut short

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Abstemious

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Moderate/sparing in eating

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Bombastic

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(Of speech, writing) High sounding, inflated, pretentious

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Senescent

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Growing old, aging

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Pernicious

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Causing harm or ruin

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10
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Catholic

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Roman church, universal in extent

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Objurgation

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Berate sharply

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Effusive

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Unduly demonstrative, overflowing

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Umbrage

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Offense, to take

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14
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Vicissitude

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A change during the life of something

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Contentious

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Tending to argument or strife

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Obeisance

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a movement of the body expressing deep respect or deferential courtesy, as before a superior; a bow, curtsy, or other similar gesture. Show obeisance to king.

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Assiduous

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Continuous, unremitting (reading)

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Duplicity

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Double dealing, being deceitful by saying two things to two different people about the same subject.

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Insouciant

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Free from worry, nonchalant

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Myrmidon

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(lowercase) . a person who executes without question or scruple a master’s commands. Classical Mythology . one of the warlike people of ancient Thessaly who accompanied Achilles to the Trojan War.

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Nascent

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Beginning to exist or develop

22
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Accede

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To give consent, approval, _ to terms of contract

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Magnanimous

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Generous in forgiving, noble, high-minded

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Nonage

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the period of legal minority, or of an age below 21. any period of immaturity.

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Invective

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Abusive vehement or violent denunciation, censure, or reproach.

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Machination

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Act of plotting with evil purpose

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Docile

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Easily managed, submissive, not intractable

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Redoubtable

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Formidable, to be feared, evoking respect.

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Prognosticate

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To forecast or predict

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Engender

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To cause, give rise to

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Fetid

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Having an offensive odor, stinking

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Pedantic

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Ostentatious in ones learning, overly concerned with minute details in learning

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Capitulate

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to surrender unconditionally or on stipulated terms.

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Inchoate

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not yet completed or fully developed; rudimentary.
just begun; incipient.
not organized; lacking order: an inchoate mass of ideas on the subject.

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Exponent

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a person or thing that expounds, explains, or interprets: an exponent of modern theory in the arts.
a person or thing that is a representative, advocate, type, or symbol of something: Lincoln is an exponent of American democracy.

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Mendacious

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telling lies, especially habitually; dishonest; lying; untruthful: a mendacious person.
false or untrue: a mendacious report.

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Strident

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making or having a harsh sound; grating; creaking: strident insects; strident hinges. having a shrill, irritating quality or character: a strident tone in his writings.

38
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Oligarchy

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a form of government in which all power is vested in a few persons or in a dominant class or clique; government by the few.

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Refulgent

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shining brightly; radiant; gleaming: Crystal chandeliers and gilded walls made the opera house a refulgent setting for the ball.

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Nepotism

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patronage bestowed or favoritism shown on the basis of family relationship, as in business and politics:

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Ribald

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vulgar or indecent in speech, language, etc.; coarsely mocking, abusive, or irreverent; scurrilous.

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Avuncular

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of, pertaining to, or characteristic of an uncle: avuncular affection.

43
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Supplicate

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to pray humbly to; entreat or petition humbly.

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Irascible

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Easily provoked to anger

45
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Inexorable

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unyielding; unalterable: inexorable truth; inexorable justice.

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Parvenu

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a person who has recently or suddenly acquired wealth, importance, position, or the like, but has not yet developed the conventionally appropriate manners, dress, surroundings, etc.

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Salubrious

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Favorable or promoting health. salubrious air.

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Hyperbole

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obvious and intentional exaggeration. an extravagant statement or figure of speech not intended to be taken literally, as “to wait an eternity.”

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Sanctimonious

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making a hypocritical show of religious devotion, piety, righteousness, etc.

50
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Ethereal

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Light, airy, delicate

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