List 1 Flashcards by Kate pline | Brainscape

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enfranchise

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give voting rights

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hamper

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hinder, obstruct, impede

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placid

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calm, peaceful

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remuneration

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payment for work done

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bilk

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cheat, defraud, evade payment, frustrate

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engender

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cause

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knotty

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complex, difficult to solve

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renown

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fame

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abasement

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humiliation, degradation

abase - to lower in rank

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replete

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full

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abrogate

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cancel, deny, repeal

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harbingers

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indicators, bringers of warnings

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labyrinthine

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complicated, highly convoluted

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plaudit

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statement giving strong praise

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reprehensible

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shameful, very bad

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ensconce

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establish firmly in a position

to settle securely/snugly

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obdurate

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stubborn

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reprieve

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respite, postponement of a sentence

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tawdry

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of little value, gaudy

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blighted

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damaged, destroyed, ruined

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credulous

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gullible

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haughtiness

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arrogance, pride

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lachrymose

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tearful, sad

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obfuscate

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deliberately make something difficult to understand

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repudiate

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shun, eschew (keep away from)

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tedium

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boredom

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abstemious

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self denying, refraining from indulgence

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blithe

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free-spirited, carefree

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crepuscular

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active at dawn and dusk

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rescind

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retract/repeal

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temper

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to moderate, soften

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abstruse

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difficult to understand, obscure

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blunderbuss

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clumsy person

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envenom

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cause bitterness or bad feeling

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hedonism

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self-indulgent

hedonist - pleasure seeker

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laconic

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brief, to the point

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oblique

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indirect

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resignation

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acceptance of fate

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tenacious

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stubborn

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ephemeral

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short-lived

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lamentation

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expression of regret/sorrow

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acquiesce

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to agree to, to give in to

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bombast

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arrogant, pompous language

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epicure

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someone who appreciates good food/drink

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lampoon

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ridicule, spoof

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tenuous

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flimsy, not solid