List 7 Flashcards by Travis Colton

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Anathema

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Curse

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Atavistic

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Exhibiting the characteristics of one’s forebears

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Buffoon

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Fool

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Canard

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Hoax

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Consortium

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Cartel

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Demagogue

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A politician who appeals to the base instincts

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Dichotomy

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A division into two parts

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Egregious

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Grossly wrong

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Exercrable

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Abominable

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Foment

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Instigate

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Fulsome

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Excessive, insincere

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Hidalg

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Nobleman

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Incivility

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Disdain

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Litany

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List

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Malapropism

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Comical misuse of a word

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Misanthrope

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Hater of mankind

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Nether

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Under

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Nonchalant

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Casual

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Obloque

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Slander

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Oppugn

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Assail

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Passim

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Here and there

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Poltroon

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Dastard

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Proboscis

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Snout

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Qualms

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Misgivings

Rainment

Clothing

Rapprochement

Reconciliation

Recreant

Cowardly

Sagacious

Wise

Shyster

Unethical lawyer

Weir

Dam