Princeton Extra Vocab Flashcards by Mark lien | Brainscape

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Adduce

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To cite

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Accret

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To increase by growth or addition

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Allege

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To assert without proof

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Ancillary

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Subordinate; provide assistance

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Aphorism

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Proverb; a brief witty saying

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Apocryphal

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Fictitious

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Arrant

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Very bad; unmitigated (unqualified)

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Attrition

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Weakening; gradual wearing away

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Auspicious

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Favourable

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Bereave

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To deprive or leave desolate

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Beleaguer

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To surround; besiege; to harass

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Brook

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To bear or to tolerate

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Callow

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Immature

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Cavil

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To quibble; raise trivial objections

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Choleric

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Hot tempered; quick to anger

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Collusion

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Conspiracy

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Conciliatory

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Make peace; to resolve

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Contumely

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Rudeness; insolent; arrogant

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Coterie

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A selected group of close associates

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Debauchery

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Intemperance; indulge in sensual pleasure

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Doggerel

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Comic

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Enormity

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Extremely evil / large

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Evince

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To show clearly; to manifest

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Fulsome

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Offensively flattery or insincere

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Gain say

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To deny / act against

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Gambit

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A ploy

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Germane

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Relevant

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Ignominy

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Public disgrace/ deep disgrace

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Incorrigible

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Incapable of being reformed

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Inept

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Incompetent

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Lascivious

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Lustful, obscene, lewd, licentious

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Maudlin

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Tearful sentimental

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Parsimonious

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Stingy, miserly

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Piquant

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Pleasantly sharp or spicy taste

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Portent

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An omen, sign of future

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Predilection

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Natural preference

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Presage

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To portend

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Privation

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Poverty

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Putative

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Reputed; commonly accepted

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Redolent

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Suggestive; reminiscent

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Remuneration

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Recompense; compensation

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Ribald

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Vulgar; lewd humor

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Salutary

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(Of something unpleasant) producing a good effect because it teaches you something

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Turpitude

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Shameful wickedness

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Usury

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Lending money at extremely high rate or interest

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Venal

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Corrupt; capable of being bribed

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Vitiate

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To corrupt morally