List 2 Flashcards

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To attack with words or force

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Assail

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Feeling loving, especially in a sexual sense

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Amorous

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2
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Generous or kind

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Benevolent

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3
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To confirm or back up with evidence

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Corroborate

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4
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Proper, in good taste

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Decorous

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5
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To ridicule

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Deride

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6
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Intended to teach or morally instructive

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Didactic

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7
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Lacking harmony or agreement

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Discordant

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To extend, swell

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Distend

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9
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To annoy throughly

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Exasperate

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10
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To speed up the progress of

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Expedite

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11
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Fertile, productive

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Fecund

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12
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Overly dramatic

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Histrionic

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Naturally peaceful

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Idyllic

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14
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Brilliant, giving off heat or light

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Incandescent

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To place side by side

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Juxtapose

16
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A wise man, to be wise through experience

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Sage

17
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To examine very carefully

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Scrutinize

18
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Lacking ideas or intelligence

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Vacuous

19
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Highly unstable, explosive

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Volatile