list 5 barrons Flashcards

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propensity

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affinity, inclination

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proliferate

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spread rapidly

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propitiate

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appease

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propriety

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fitness, correct conduct

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proscribe

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banish, outlaw

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pungent

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stinging; sharp in taste or smell; caustic

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qualified

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limited; restricted

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quibble

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complaint

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Quiescent

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dormant, temporarily inactive

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10
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rarefied

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made less dense (of a gas), it is rare and not commonplace, esoteric

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recalcitrant

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stubborn

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12
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recant

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confessing that you’ve made an error/ saying publicly that you don’t agree with what you had said earlier

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13
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recluse

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hermit, loner

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14
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recondite

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abstruse, secret, arcane

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refute

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reject

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16
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rescind

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reject

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17
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refractory

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stubborn

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18
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relegate

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delegate but to a lower position

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19
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repudiate

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disown

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reproach

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warning, scolding

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reprobate

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strengthen due to sin, devoid of any decency

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22
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resolution

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Determination

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23
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resolve

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Determination

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reticent

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uncommunicative, reserved, speak less

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reverent
respectful
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sage
person celebrated for wisdom
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salubrious
healthful
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sanction
approve
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satiate
satisfy
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saturate
soak thoroughly
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savor
enjoy
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secrete
hide away or cache; produce and release a substance into an organism
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shard
fragment, generally of pottery
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skeptic
doubtful
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Solicitous
concerned, worried
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soporific
sleep-causing; marked by sleepiness
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specious
seemingly reasonable but incorrect; misleading (often intentionally)
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spectrum
a broad range; colored band produced when a beam of light passes through a prism
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sporadic
occurring irregularly
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stigma
token of disgrace; brand
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stint
be thrifty; set limits
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stipulate
make express conditions; specify
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stolid
dull; impassive, calm
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stoic
calm, dull; impassive
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striated
marked with parallel bands; grooved
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strut
walking pompously/ supporting bar
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subpoena
writ summoning a witness to appear
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subside
settle down; descend;
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substantiate
establish by evidence; verify; support
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supersede
cause to be set aside; replace; make obsolete
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supposition
hypothesis; surmise
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tacit
understood; not put into words
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tangential
peripheral; only slightly connected; digressing
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tenuous
thin; rare; slim
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tirade
extended scolding; denunciation; harangue
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torpor, torpid
lethargy; sluggishness; dormancy
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Tortuous
having twists and turns, winding
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tractable
docile; easily managed
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transgression
violation of a law; sin
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truculence
aggressiveness; ferocity, stubborn
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vacillate
waver; fluctuate
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venerate
revere
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veracious
truthful
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verbose
wordy
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viable
workable
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viscous
sticky, gluey
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vituperative
abusive; scolding
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volatile
changeable; explosive; evaporation rapidly
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warranted
justified; authorized
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wary
very cautious
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welter
turmoil; bewildering jumble
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whimsical
unstable, capricious; fanciful
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zealot
fanatic; person who shows excessive zeal