Princeton. Advance Flashcards

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Augur

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Omen

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Adumbrate

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Foreshadow vaguely

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Baleful

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Sinister, pernicious, ominous

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Bilious

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ill temper cracky

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Carapace

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Protective shell

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Contretemps

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Embarrassing occurrence

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Denouement

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An outcome or solution

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Descry

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Discern, catch sight

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Desuetude

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Disuse

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Desultory

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Moving from one to another; disconnected

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Dulcet

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Mellifluous

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Encomium

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Praise

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Excoriate

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Censure scathingly (execrate)

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Expiate

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Amend,atone

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Fractious

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Quarrelsome

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Hoary

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Stale, grey, old

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Imbroglio

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Embarrassing situation

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Insouciant

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Care free

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Jejune

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Immature

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Limn

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To describe

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Upbraid

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Scold

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Explication

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Make implicit explicit

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Lugubrious

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Mournful

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Meet

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Proper

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Nadir

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Low point

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Nice

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Fastidious detail

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Obstreperous

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Boisterous ( noisy, defiant)

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Otiose

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Lazy

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Parry

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Avoid

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Plangent

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Thundering, resounding

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Prolix

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Verbose

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Propinquity

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Proximity

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Puissant

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Powerful

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Pulchritude

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Physical beauty

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Saturnine

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Sullen

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Sententious

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Self-righteous, sanctimonious

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Sidereal

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Astral

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Stentorian

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Extremely loud

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Stygian

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Dark

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Succor

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Assistance

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Supine

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Lying face upward, indolence

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Unctuous

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Oily, ingratiating, excessive flattering

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Vagary

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Unpredictable action, whim

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Carping

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Difficult to please

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Anodyne

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Soothing

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Allay

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Diminish

Ex diminish pain

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Wily

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Deceitful

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Assay

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Assess, examine

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Asseverate

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Aver

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Calumny

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Slander, false statement

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Celerity

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Speed , swift

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Itigation

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Process of taking legal action

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Mishap

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Unlucky accident

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Testify

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Serves as evidence of proof

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Estimable

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Formidable / worthy

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Execrate

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Denounce

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Exegesis

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Critical examination

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Fecund

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Productive/ fertile

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Fell

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Cruel

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Dire

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Extremely serious or urgent

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Husband

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Conserve

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Lachrymose

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Tearful

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Lassitude

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Exhaustion

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Ligneous

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Wood like

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List

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Lean to one side

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Meretricious

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Gaudy, showy

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Propitiate

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Strive/appease

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Salacious

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Bawdy, lustful

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Bawdy

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Sexual matter in comical way

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Peroration

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Speak formally