Randomized 14 - Sept 4 Flashcards by letitia sarah | Brainscape

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flout

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to treat with contemptuous disregard

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tableau

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picturesque display

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iconoclast

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someone who challenges beliefs, customs and values

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sepulchre

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burial chamber

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paroxysm

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sudden uncontrollable spasm

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legerdemain

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display of cleverness, especially to deceive others

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venerate

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to respect and honor

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fleece

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to defraud or swindle

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affable

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friendly, good-natured

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caustic

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harsh, corrosive

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fatuous

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stupid of foolish in a self-satisfied way

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espouse

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to support or adopt

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obfuscate

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to make unclear

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captuous

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overly critical and complaining

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overweening

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arrogant, excessive

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imminent

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about to happen

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stolid

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not easily excited

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ingratiate

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to seek to please somebody to gain favor

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comport

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to behave well or properly

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plumb

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to measure depth of something

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entreat

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to ask earnestly

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mandate

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to order something official

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abdicate

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to give up duty or position

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pervade

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to spread throughout

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ossify

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to harden into bone

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ingratiate

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to seek to please somebody to gain favor

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dilletante

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amateur

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charlatan

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one who feigns knowledge or ability , an imposter

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perfunctory

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done hastily and without attention to detail, indifferent

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progenitor

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an ancestor in direct line

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peregrination

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act of travelling, excursion

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blandishment

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anything designed to flatter or coax

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ineffable

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impossible to describe in words

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captious

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overly critical, complaining

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entreat

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to ask earnestly

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litany

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prayer, chant

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remuneration

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act of paying, repayment

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winsome

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charming

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fallacious

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misleading based on incorrect information

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martinet

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somebody who demands exact conformity to rule