New Vocab- List 7 Flashcards

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bureaucracy

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officialdom

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degradation

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deprivation, poverty

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eulogy

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praise`

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hypochondriac

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a person obsessed with health, having imaginary illnesses

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legion

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in large numbers

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officious

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domineering, intrusive, meddlesome

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posthumous

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after death

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rigor

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thoroughness

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totter

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walk unsteadily

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adulation

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worship, great praise

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amiable

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friendly, loveable

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arable

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can be cultivated

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articulation

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speaking clearly

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autocrat

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absolute ruler, dictator

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bountiful

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generous

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callous

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cruel, hard and unfeeling

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cerebral

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concerned with thinking

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compendious

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containing a lot in a small space/ few words

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conciliatory

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bringing together, ending a dispute

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convivial

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social

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corpulence

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being fat

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dearth

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shortage

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debacles

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disasters

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demonstrative

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expressing emotion freely

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depreciatory

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devaluing, criticizing

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facile

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over-simplified

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floridity

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floweriness in language, redness

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heterogeneity

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variety, non-uniformity

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imperious

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in a commanding manner

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indulgent

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kindly, pampering