List 6 pg 11 Flashcards

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Subvert

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To overthrow or ruin

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Sullen

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Resentful; depressed

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Superficial

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Shallow; on the surface

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Supplement

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Something added

To add

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Surmount

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To overcome

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Swarthy

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Having a dark complexion or color

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Table

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To delay considering something

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Tangential

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Off the topic

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Tawdry

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Cheap; guady

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Threadbare

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Worn out

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Titter

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Short, nervous laugh; giggle

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Torrid

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Hot

Passionate

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Transient

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Short-lived

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Trifle

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To treat as unimportant

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Truncate

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To Shorten by cutting off

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Turpitude

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Wickedness

17
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Ubliquitous

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Everywhere at the same time

18
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Underpay

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To play down

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Unflappable

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Calm; having self control

20
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Unnerve

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To make nervous; upset

21
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Unquenchable

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Unable to be satisfied

22
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Unsound

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Not logical

Unhealthy

23
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Upbraid

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To critisize harshly