Part 10 Flashcards by Junfeng Pan | Brainscape

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Majordomo

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A chief butler or assistant

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Untenable

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Impossible to defend or justify

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Perambulate

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To walk about; stroll

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Veneer

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A thin, attractive layer that conceals something

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Timorous

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Timid

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Luminous

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Emitting light

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Circuitous

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Indirect; roundabout

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Perquisite

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A tip or payment in addition to regular wager

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Probity

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Integrity; respectability

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Polemical

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Relating to controversy or argument

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Tacit

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Indicating but not expressed; implied silently

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Largesse

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Generosity

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Indolent

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Lazy

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Circumlocution

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Unnecessarily wordy or evasive language

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Depredate

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To plunder and pillage

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