List 4 (30 words) Flashcards

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Acrid

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Harsh, like acid

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Acute

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Sharp-minded

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3
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Amenable

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Obedient

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4
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Beset

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Harass

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5
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Burgeon

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To expand

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Chasm

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Deep hole

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7
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Celibacy

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Abstinence from sex

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8
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Chimera

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An illusion

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9
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Circumvent

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To find a way around

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10
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Clique

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An exclusive group bound together by some shared quality or interest

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11
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Collusion

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Secret cooperation

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12
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Cognitive

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Mental

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13
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Dearth

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Scarcity

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14
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Debauchery

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Wild living

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15
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Decorous

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Proper - polite and restrained

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Emulate

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To strive to equal or excel

17
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Expedite

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To speed up

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Exigency

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An emergency

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Flaunt

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Show off

20
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Foment

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To stir up

21
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Glut

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Surplus

22
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Grandiloquent

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Pompous

23
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Gregarious

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Sociable

24
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Hypothetical

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Uncertain

25
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Idiosyncrasy

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A behaviour or way of thought peculiar to an individual

26
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Indigent

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Poor

27
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Incipient

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Beginning to happen

28
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Insipid

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Dull, bland

29
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Labyrinth

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A maze

30
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Putative

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Commonly accepted