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List 13A ( Season 2 ) Flashcards

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(v.)To encourage, assist, aid, support (especially in something wrong or unworthy)

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abet

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(v.) to affirm, declare confidently

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aver

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(adj.) noisy in a coarse, offensive way; obvious or conspicuous, especially in an unfavorable sense

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blatant

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(v.) to bring up or begin to talk about ( a subject ); to announce, introduce, to break the surface of the water; to turn sideways to the wind and waves; to pierce ( a keg or cask ) in order to draw off liquid; (n.) a spit for roasting; a tool for tapping casks

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broach

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(v.) to support, prop up, strengthen; (n.) a supporting structure

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buttress

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(n.) noisy revelry or merrymaking ( often with a suggestion of heavy drinking )

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carousal

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(v.) to compare critically in order to note differences, similarities, etc.; to arrange n order for some specific purpose

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collate

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(n.) an expert; one who is well qualified to pass critical judgments, especially in one of the fine arts

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connoisseur

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(adj.) deeply unhappy or dejected; without hope, beyond consolation

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disconsolate

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(v.) to weigh down or burden ( with difficulties, cares, debt, etc.); to fill up, block up, hinder

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encumber

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Syn: assert, asseverate, avouch

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aver

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Syn: flagrant, glaring, egregious, disagreeably loud

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blatant

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Syn: bolster, reinforce, brace, shore up

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buttress…lol

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Syn: drinking bout, drunken revel, binge

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carousal

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Syn: sort out, cross-check, rearrange

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collate

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Syn: authority, savant, pundit

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connoisseur

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Syn: grief-stricken, inconsolable, comfortless

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disconsolate

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Syn: overload, saddle, hamper, clog

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encumber

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Ant: hamper, hinder, impede, frustrate

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abet

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Ant: deny, disavow, repudiate, disclaim

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aver

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Ant: inconsequential, trifling, piddling, petty

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blatant

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Ant: undermine, weaken, impair

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buttress

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Ant: ignoramus, philistine, yahoo

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connoisseur

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Ant: cheerful, blithe, buoyant, jaunty

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disconsolate

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Ant: unburden, unload, relieve

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encumber

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To allow a man in his condition behind the wheel of a car is to ___________ a potential crime

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abet

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I will ___________ your fitness to do the work to any prospective employer who inquires

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aver

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Your comments showed a _______ disregard for my feelings

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blatant

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Though he did not like scrambled eggs, he opted not to ________ the subject for fear of insulting his hosts

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broach

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He has read so widely and in such depth that he can produce facts to _______ any argument he advances

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buttress

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Vikings are notorious for having enjoyed a ______ after each of their battle

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carousal

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We decided to _____________ the recipes according to how complicated they are

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collate

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She was a ___________ of both music and film

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connoisseur

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Shakespeare’s Macbeth hardly seems___________ when his wife dies, and bluntly says he has no time to grive

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Disconsolate

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I feared that joining another club would __________ me with too many obligations

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encumber

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(a)(bet)

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(bet)

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(a)(ver)

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(ver)

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(blat)(ant)

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(blat)

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(bu)(tress)

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(bu)

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(ca)(rou)(sal)

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(rou)

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(co)(llate)

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(Co)

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(conn)(noi)(sseur)

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(sseur)

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(dis)(con)(sol)(ate)

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(Con)

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(en)(cum)(ber)

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(cum)

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Did we make it?

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WE MADE IT

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