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Scholarship Vocabulary Lesson 11 Flashcards

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Proverbs and Idioms flashcards
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belligerent, bitter, petulant, caustic, acerbic, stinging, cranky

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Acrimonious (adj)

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alter, enhance, reform, change, modify, rephrase, edit, rectify

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Amend (v)

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favoritism, partiality, preference, one-sided, prejudice, intolerance

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Bias (n)

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conscience, judicious, observant, acquainted, informed, mindful

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Cognizant (adj)

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allocate, maintain, designate, label, set-aside, name, identify

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Earmark (v)

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castigate, chastise, reproach, berate, condemn, lambaste, rebuke, flay

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Excoriate (v)

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falsify, concoct, forge, misrepresent, invent, fake, prevaricate, pretend

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Fabricate (v)

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amaze, astonish, dumbfound, overcome, overwhelmed

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Flabbergast (v)

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dubious, unconvincing, incredible, improbable, obscure

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Implausible (adj)

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inaudible, speechless, incomprehensible, indistinct, mute, dumb

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Inarticulate (adj)

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aggression, offense, assault, incursion, invasion, offensive, blitz

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Onslaught (n)

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assured, hopeful, expectant, confident, sanguine, positive

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Optimistic (adj)

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elixir, cure-all, remedy, relief, nostrum

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Panacea (n)

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foreshadow, presage, herald, betoken, predict, foretell, prognosticate

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Portend (v)

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astigmatic, careless, foolish, ill-advised, myopic, near-sighted

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Short Sighted (adj)

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hamper, hinder, halt, interrupt, prevaricate, procrastinate, arrest, suspend

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Stall (v)

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overrule, abandon, supplant, displace, annual, displace, forsake

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Supersede (v)

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exceptional, unique, unequaled

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Unparalleled (adj)

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indefensible, illogical, useless, flawed, unsupportable, unjustifiable

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Untenable (adj)

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absolve, disprove, corroborate, exonerate, refute, exculpate

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Vindicate (v)

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