Random Words 27 Flashcards by Kenton Butcher | Brainscape

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Lacuna

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Noun: gap, missing part

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Pied

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Adj: multicolored

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Analogue

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Adj: output proportional to input

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Indigence

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Noun: poverty

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Descry

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Verb: to catch sight of

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Scotch

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Verb: to prevent

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Usury

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Noun: the lending money at high interest rates

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Atavism

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Noun: regression to ancestral traits

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Gambit

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Noun: the opening move

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Propitiate

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Verb: to appease

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Squalid

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Adj: dirty and demeaning

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Duplicity

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Noun: cunning, deception

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Expostulate

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Verb: to offer strong objections

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Gossamer

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Adj: delicate, flimsy

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Efficacious

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Adj: effective

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