Pygmalion Vocab Flashcards
1
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Libellous
A
false statement damaging a person’s reputation
2
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Repudiation
A
refusal or rejection
3
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Compliance
A
conforming
4
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Disdain
A
contempt
5
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Prodigious
A
enormous
6
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Plutocracy
A
govt. by the wealthy
7
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gumption
A
courage or confidence
8
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sovereign
A
a supreme ruler
9
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plight
A
an unfortunate situation
10
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haughtily
A
snobbish
11
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Deprecation
A
disapproval
12
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mendacity
A
untruthfulness
13
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impidence
A
lack of modesty
14
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ostentatious
A
showing wealth
15
Q
pretentious
A
attempting to impress
16
Q
vehement
A
zealous
17
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presumptuous
A
self-confidence
18
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formidable
A
causing fear
19
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pedantic
A
overly concerned with minor details
20
Q
pedagogical
A
teaching
21
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sanguinary
A
bloody
22
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somnambulist
A
sleepwalking
23
Q
incorrigible
A
not able to be corrected
24
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resolute
A
determined
25
pauperize
reduce to beggary
26
estheticism
concerned with beauty
27
snivel
tearful state
28
zephyr
light wind
29
deftly
nimbly
30
dogmatic
opinionated
31
prodigal
spends money freely
32
petulance
becoming angry
33
stolidly
impassively
34
emphatic
insistent
35
unassailable
impenetrable
36
arbitrary
subjective
37
ineptitude
clumsy
38
transcendence
exceeding
39
peremptorily
assertive
