Power Words Unit 1 Flashcards
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Amnesty
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A general pardon for offenses
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Abate
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To reduce in amount, degree, intensity
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Blatant
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Very obvious
3
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Coalition
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A combination or alliance, especially a temporary one between persons, factions, or states
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Culpable
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Deserving blame
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Egregious
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Extraordinary in some bad way
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Expedite
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To speed up the progress of
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Heresy
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An opinion profoundly at odds with what is generally accepted
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Inauspicious
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Not conducive to success
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Irrevocable
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Not to be changed, reversed, or recovered
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Noncommittal
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Not committing ones self
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Petulant
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Bad-tempered
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Querulous
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Full of complaints
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Scurrilous
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Spreading scandalous claims about someone with the intention of damaging their reputation
Obscenely abusive
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Transcend
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To rise above or go beyond
