September 2012 16-22 Flashcards by Jun Bang

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Imperative

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urgent

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Inadvertent

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not attentive

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Exultation

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triumphant joy

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Culminate

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reach the highest point

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Lurid

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sensational

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Delude

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to fool

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Perspicacious

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acutely perspective, shrewd

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Obsequious

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seeking favor

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Unabated

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without reducing

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Levity

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lacking seriousness

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Temerity

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foolish boldness

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Embellish

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adorn, touch up

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Truncated

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cut short

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Countenance

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tolerate, approve

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Equanimity

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calmness

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Effrontery

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boldness

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Refute

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prove wrong or false

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Contemptuous

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expressing a feeling that something is worthless

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Prognosticate

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Foretell the future

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Debilitate

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weaken

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Genre

A

a certain form of style in literature

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Candid

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honest

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Unsavory

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disagreeable

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Degrade

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lower

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Venial

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pardonable

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Epitome

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person or thing that represents the best

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Dexterity

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mental or physical skill

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Grotesque

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fantastic

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Compassion

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kindness

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Repugnant

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distasteful

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Acme

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peak

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Copious

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abundant

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Vehemently

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violently

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Depict

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portray

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Naive

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unworthy

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Perfidious

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false

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Covet

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charm

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Ingratiate

A

want

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Penury

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poverty

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Ignominious

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humiliating