Ones From ArborBridge Sheets Flashcards by Helena Manson

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Impugn

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To challenge as false

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Contest

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To challenge or dispute

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Ruminate

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To think over

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Stymie

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To block

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Check

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To restrict

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Squelch

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To crush, to squash; to quell

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Fatuous

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Silly and foolish

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Dolt

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Idiot

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Approbation

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Approval

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Deference

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Courteous respect

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Rhapsodise

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To gush

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Latent

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Present but not active

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Amity

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Friendship

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Respite

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Period of inactivity

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Table

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To postpone indefinitely

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Abeyance

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Suspension of activity or function

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Reprieve

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A temporary relief

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Improvident

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Wasteful

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Exorbitant

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Excessive

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Spendthrift

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Wastefully extravagant

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Reprimand

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To punish

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Admonish

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To warn or criticise gently

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Spurn

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To treat with disrespect

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Inveigh

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To denounce

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Reprove

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To blame

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Flout

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To mock

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Deride

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To ridicule

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Revile

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To scold

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Malign

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To slander

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Rail

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To criticise harshly

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Absolve

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To pardon

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Exculpate

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To free from blame

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Acquit

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To free from blame

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Clemency

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Leniency

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Amnesty

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A pardoning

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Commensurate

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Equal in measure or extent

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Obstreperous

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Noisy

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Profane

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Ungodly

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Desecrate

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To treat with respect

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Penchant

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Leaning towards

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Proclivity

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An inclination

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Propensity

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An inclination

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Mendicant

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A beggar

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Ignominy

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Deep personal humiliation and disgrace

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Chagrin

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Distress caused by humiliation or failure

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Cavort

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To skip about

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Gambol

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To leap about

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Blithe

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Jovial

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Redolent

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Fragrant

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Neophyte

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Beginner

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Callow

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Immature

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Gouge

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To cheat someone

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Prevaricate

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To lie

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Apocryphal

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False

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Specious

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False

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Bulk

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To defraud

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Insidious

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Treacherous

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Charlatan

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An imposter

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Guile

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Deceit

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Fallacious

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False

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Stratagem

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A plan to trick or deceive

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Incorporeal

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Without shape

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Sententious

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Short and moralistic in expression

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Taciturn

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Disinclined to talk

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Burgeon

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To flourish