List 8 Flashcards by Hemant Dixit | Brainscape

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aviary

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enclosure for birds

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savor

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enjoy

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commensurate

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proportionate; equal in extent

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intrinsic

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inherent; built-in; innate

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substantive

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essential

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substantiate

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establish by evidence; verify

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manifest

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evident; visible

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hyperbole

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exaggeration

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plethora

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overabundance

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exorbitant

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excessive

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superfluous

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excessive; unnecessary

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primordial

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existing at the beginning of time

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distend

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expand; swell out

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explicate

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explain

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legend

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explanatory list of symbols on a map

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expository

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explanatory

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deprecate

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express disapproval of

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eulogy

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expression of praise( often about the dead)

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spurious

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false; counterfeit; forged

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fallacious

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false; misleading