Random Words 22 Flashcards by Kenton Butcher | Brainscape

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Foppish

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Adj: excessively concerned with fashion

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Hortatory

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Adj: encouraging, extorting

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Opprobrium

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Noun: scorn

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Recumbent

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Adj: lying down

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Encomium

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Noun: praise

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Runic

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Adj: magical, mysterious

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Accretion

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Noun: accumulation of matter

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Churlishness

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Noun: rudeness

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Interregnum

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Noun: interval between reigns or governments

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Nugatory

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Adj: of minor significance

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Sinecure

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Noun: job which pays a salary but requiring little effort

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Anodized

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Verb: coated with thin layer of metal

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Aphoristic

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Adj: expressed tersely

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Impugn

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Verb: to dispute

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Raconteur

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Noun: a person who tells stories

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