Lists 13-16 Flashcards

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Acrimony

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(n) Bitterness, discord

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Ignominious

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(adj) Humiliating, disgracing

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Egregious

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(adj) Extremely bad

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Platitude

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(n) An uninspired remark, meaningless cliché

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Haughty

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(Adj) Arrogantly superior or disdainful

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Parsimony

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(n) Frugality, stinginess

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Iniquity

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(n) Wickedness or sin

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Punctilious

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(Adj) Meticulous, showing great attention to detail or correct behavior

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Exculpate

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(v) To free from guilt or blame, exonerate

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Petulance

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(n) Rudeness, irritability

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Fallacious

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(adj) Incorrect, misleading

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Credulity

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(n) Readiness to believe

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Aspersion

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(n) A curse, an expression of ill will

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Hapless

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(adj) Unlucky

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Corroborate

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(v) To give or represent evidence of the truth of something, to confirm or substantiate

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