Quarter Voacb Final Flashcards by Mellisa Mortensen | Brainscape

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lumainary

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person of prominence

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incommunicado

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without means of communication

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dodgery

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evasion and trickery

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proselytize

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to convert someone

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tintune

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a slight trace

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vilify

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defame

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magniloquent

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speaking in a bombastic manner

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crepuscular

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resembling twilight

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argot

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secret vocabulary peculiar to a certain group

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zydeco

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Southern music

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sleuth

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detective

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Pollyanna

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always annoyingly optimistic

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churlish

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lack of civility vulgar

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alleviate

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to relieve or lesson

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Gambol

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just skip about in play

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Multifarious

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A great variety

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Sabot

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A wooden shoe

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epigram

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a witty saying

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hastings

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a place where political campaign speeches are made

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proficient

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well advanced in something

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emblazon

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to inscribe or adorn something

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debunk

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to expose the falseness of

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impertinent

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not restrained properly

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fulcrum

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one that supplies capability for action

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stipulate

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to specify something

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vatic

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prophetic or oracular

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Brigadoon

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a place not effected by time

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cynosure

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a center of attention

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frenstic

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frenzied or frantic

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omnibus

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including many things

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syncretism

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mix of religions

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jitney

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a small bus

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plaintive

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expressing woe/suffering

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ecstatic

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state of extreme excitement

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reprise

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a recurrence

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improvident

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not for seeing/producing for the future

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crux

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most important point

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penury

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a cramping lack of resources

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spumecent

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frothy/foamy

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fruition

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realization of accomplishment

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coterie

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a unified exclusive group

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treacle

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something overly sweet

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delectation

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delight/enjoyment

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nonage

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lack of maturity

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saccage

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small rapid jerky eye movement

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posthumous

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published after an author’s death

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rife

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abundant/common

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caparison

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Horse covering

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jocose

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given to joking

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shadenfreude

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enjoyment obtained from others troubles

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compurgator

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someone who under oath vouches for an accused person

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vicious circle

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chain of events that creates more difficulties

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grotesque

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fanciful/bizarre

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phishing

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an email scam

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haggard

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having our worn or a emaciated appearance