Randomized 14 - Sept 4 Flashcards by letitia sarah

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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

ossify

to harden into bone

ingratiate

to seek to please somebody to gain favor

dilletante

amateur

charlatan

one who feigns knowledge or ability , an imposter

perfunctory

done hastily and without attention to detail, indifferent

progenitor

an ancestor in direct line

peregrination

act of travelling, excursion

blandishment

anything designed to flatter or coax

ineffable

impossible to describe in words

captious

overly critical, complaining

entreat

to ask earnestly

litany

prayer, chant

remuneration

act of paying, repayment

winsome

charming

fallacious

misleading based on incorrect information

martinet

somebody who demands exact conformity to rule