Scavenge 3 Flashcards by Nick Murray

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dauntless (adj.)

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bold

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apace (adv.)

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speedy

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novitiate (n.)

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State/period of being a novice

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arcane (adj.)

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esoteric

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decry (v.)

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To speak badly of

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objurgate (v.)

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harshly criticize

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reprove (v.)

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to criticize/correct

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dissipated (adj.)

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hedonistic

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iniquity (n.)

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injustice/wickedness

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libidinous (adj.)

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lewd, lascivious

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licentious (adj.)

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sexually unrestrained

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turpitude (n.)

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vileness, shamefulness

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fealty (n.)

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faithfulness

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verity (n.)

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truthfullness

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duplicity (n.)

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deceit (speaking in different ways to different people)

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acidulous (adj.)

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sharp, caustic

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baleful/baneful (adj.)

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harmfull

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insidious (adj.)

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treacherous

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recreant (n.)

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a coward

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ancillary (adj.)

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subsidiary/assisting

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corroborate (v.)

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to confirm

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countanance (n.)

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facial expression or moral support

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espouse (v.)

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support/advocate

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stalwart (adj.)

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strong, robust, brave

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inexorable (adj.)

stubborn

renitent (adj.)

resistant

clement (adj.)

merciful, lenient

largess (n.)

generous giving

rapacious (adj.)

greedy, predatory

compendious (adj.)

brief, concise

circumlocution (n.)

roundabout way of speaking

periphrastic (adj.)

roundabout, wordy

proselyte (n.)

a convert

languid (adj.)

slow, lacking in vigor

slake (v.)

To satisfy/refresh

vindicate (v.)

justify, clear of blame

redress (v.)

To set right, remedy

fervid (adj.)

ardent

temperate (adj.)

self restrained

peripatetic (adj.)

travelling, itinerant

forfend (v.)

to defend/protect

discrete (adj.)

Detached, separate

chortle (v.)

to chuckle

droll (adj.)

oddly amusing

gibe (v.)

to taunt/mock

raillery (n.)

good humored mocking

simper (n.)

silly, self conscious smile

disconsolate (adj.)

hopelessly unhappy

elegiac (adj.)

expressing sorrow/lamentation

lugubrious (adj.)

mournful, gloomy

threnody (n.)

poem/song of lamentation

noisome (adj.)

offensive/disgusting

rebarbative (adj.)

causing vexation

abrogate (adj.)

to abolish

decamp (v.)

to depart quickly

retrograde (adj.)

moving backward

obsequy (n.)

funeral rite/ceremony

quintessence (n.)

concentrated essence of a substance

tantamount (adj.)

equivalent in value

idiosyncratic (adj.)

peculiar

discursive (adj.)

digressive, rambling

sojourn (n.)

a temporary stay

interstice (n.)

an interval, gap

cursory (adj.)

hasty, superficial

adage (n.)

a proverb

bromide (n.)

a platitude

dictum (n.)

a saying

epigram (n.)

a terse and witty saying (apothegm)

consanguine (adj.)

related by blood

endogamous (adj.)

marriage within a tribe/social unit