Scavenge 1 Flashcards by Nick Murray | Brainscape

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effervescent (adj.)

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Lively, bubbling

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chagrin (n.)

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Vexation, disappointment

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rectitude (n.)

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correctness (moral and literal)

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bluster (adj.)

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loud, swaggering

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insolent (adj.)

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boldly rude or disrespectful

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cloying (adj.)

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Causing disgust through excess

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abnegate (v.)

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To relinquish, give up

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dissolute (adj.)

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indifferent to moral restraints

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temerity (n.)

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reckless boldness

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diminution (n.)

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act/process of diminishing

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disavowal (n.)

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disowning, repudiation

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japery (n.)

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a joke

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indignance (n.)

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displeasure at injustice

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callow (adj.)

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immature, inexperienced

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myopic (adj.)

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shortsighted

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peccadillo (n.)

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a minor offense

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pell-mell (adj.)

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hasty and disorderly (helter skelter)

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ersatz (adj.)

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serving as a substitute

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taciturn (adj.)

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reserved in speech

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imperious (adj.)

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domineering, dictatorial

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ignominious (adj.)

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defaming, humiliating

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rebuff (n./v.)

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a blunt/abrupt rejection

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spurn (v.)

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to reject with disdain

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slipshod (adj.)

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careless, untidy

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emblazon (v.)

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To depict, decorate (from heraldry)

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extoll (v.)

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to praise highly

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indemnify (v.)

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to compensate for damage or loss

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ribald (adj.)

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vulgar or indecent in speech

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seminal (adj.)

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pertaining to seed

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diluvial (adj.)

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pertainig to flood or deluge

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trifling (adj.)

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trivial

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accession (n.)

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act of coming into posession of something

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behest (n.)

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a command or request

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nettlesome (adj.)

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causing vexation

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supercilious (adj.)

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disdainful, contemptuous

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maladroit (adj.)

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inept

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aloof (adj.)

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at a distance, esp in feeling or interest

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fathomless (adj.)

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bottomless

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effulgent (adj.)

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radiant

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unctuous (adj.)

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affectedly moralistic and smug

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staid (adj.)

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fixed, settled

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testy (adj.)

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impatient, touchy

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declaim (v.)

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to make a formal speech, or inveigh

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hoary (adj.)

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gray/white with age