Sadlier G Flashcards

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Eschew

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To avoid, shun, keep away from

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Arrogate

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To claim or take without right, commandeer

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Histrionic

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Theatrical, melodramatic

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Pejorative

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Tending to make worse, derogatory, expressing disapproval

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Dissemble

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Disguise or conceal, feign

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Propinquity

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Nearness, similarity

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Evince

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Exhibit, display clearly, to make evident

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Delineate

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To portray, sketch, picture, render

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Enervate

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Enfeeble, impair, cripple

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Abject

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Degraded, miserable, wretched

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Perspicacity

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Keenness in observing and understanding

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Plenary

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Complete in all aspects or essentials, absolute, unrestricted

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Demur

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To object or take exception to, protest

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Effrontery

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Shameless boldness, impudence, impertinence, nerve

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Pertinacious

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Very persistent, stubborn, determined

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Badinage

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Light and playful conversation

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Saturnine

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Gloomy, morose

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Calumniate

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To slander, defame, accuse falsely

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Chary

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Extremely cautious, skittish, reserved, hesitant

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Redolent

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Reminiscent, aromatic, fragrant, evocative

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Refulgent

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Shining, radiant, splendid

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Tyro

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Beginner, novice

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Attenuate

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To make thin or slender, dilute

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Cavil

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Carp, criticism, nitpick

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Peremptory

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Unconditional, determined, resolute

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Abrogate

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To repeal, cancel, revoke

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Inexorable

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Inflexible, unyielding, relentless

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Importune

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To trouble with demands, beg, implore

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Laconic

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Concise, using a few words, succinct

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Mendacious

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Untruthful, false

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Nadir

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Lowest point

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Abstruse

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Extremely difficult to understand

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Canard

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False rumor, hoax

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Cynosure

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Center of interest, focus

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Desiccated

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Dehydrated, shriveled

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Engender

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To bring into existence, give rise to, generate, cause

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Putative

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Reputed, supposed, presumed

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Febrile

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Feverish, frenetic

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Gainsay

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To deny, dispute, oppose, contradict

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Nostrum

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Remedy, elixir, cure all

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Aperture

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An opening, hole, gap

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Improvident

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Not thrifty, failing to plan ahead

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Mutable

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Fickle, variable

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Nascent

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Just beginning to exist, develop

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Panegyric

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Tribute, praise

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Promulgate

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Announce, make known

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Restive

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Restless, uneasy