List 4 Flashcards by Kate pline | Brainscape

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ambivalence

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lack of clarity

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cantankerous

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bad-tempered

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impecunious

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having no money

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lucid

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clear

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precipice

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steep slope

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salubrious

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health-giving

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truant

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shirker, someone absent without permission

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ambulatory

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able to walk around

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capacious

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spacious

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exhaustive

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complete and thorough

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impious

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wicked, profane

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precipitous

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done in a hurry

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salutary

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something which teaches a lesson

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capitulate

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surrender, give in to

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preclude

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prevent, make impossible

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sanctimonious

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hypocritically holy

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carping

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constant criticism

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lummox

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clumsy person

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precocious

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developing early

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sanction

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give approval to

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turpitude

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depravity

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despondant

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having no hope, miserable

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oust

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push out of a position

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sanguinary

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bloodthirsty, bloody

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tyro

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novice, beginner

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amity

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friendship

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castigate

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scold strongly

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expedient

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Convenient, practical

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sanguine

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optimistic, cheerful

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catharsis

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purging of pent-up emotions

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machinations

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plots and plans

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overwrought

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worked up

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preeminent

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famous, outstanding

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sardonic

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mocking

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unalloyed

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undiluted, total

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analgesic

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medicine to combat pain

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caucus

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private political meeting

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exposition

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clear explanation

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prerogative

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right, privilege

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unctuous

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oily, using excessive flattery

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caustic

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burning

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extol

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praise

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incipient

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just beginning

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magnanimous

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generous

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palisade

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fence made of posts

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prescient

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having fore-knowledge

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cavalcade

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possession of vehicles

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magnate

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powerful businessman

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palliative

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a remedy that improves but doesn’t cure

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presintiment

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a feeling that something might happen