List 17 Flashcards

1
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viable

A

practical; capable of maintaining

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2
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ascetic

A

practicing self-denial; austere

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3
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laud

A

praise

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4
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feign

A

pretend

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5
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hypocritical

A

pretending to be virtuous

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6
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endemic

A

prevailing among a specific group of people or in a specific area

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7
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interdict

A

prohibit; forbid

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8
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dilemma

A

problem; duvidha

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9
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visionary

A

produced by imagination

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10
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lachrymose

A

producing tears

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11
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extrapolation

A

projection; conjecture

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12
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decorum

A

orderliness and good taste in manners

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13
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castigation

A

punishment

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14
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implement

A

put into effect

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15
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discomfit

A

defeat; put to rout

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16
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timbre

A

quality of a musical tone produced by a musical instrument

17
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contentious

A

quarrelsome

18
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droll

A

queer and amusing

19
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nostrum

A

questionable medicine

20
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centrifugal

A

radiating; departing from the center