List 5 Flashcards
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Axiom
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Widely-held belief
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Archaic
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Ancient or outdated
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Expurgate
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To free from sins
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Innuendo
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A remark that suggests something but does not refer to it directly
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Patronizing
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To treat as an inferior
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Peremptory
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Decisive; final
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Perturb
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To disturb greatly
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Scapegoat
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One who is made an object of blame
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Usurp
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To seize by force without legal right
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Vacillate
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Not know ones own mind; go back and forth; waver
