Set 2 Flashcards by Joseph Hungate

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Abase

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to belittle or humiliate

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Abash

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to embarrass, chagrin, confound

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Abate

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make less severe

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Abdicate

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give up or renounce a position, resign, refuse

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Aberration

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something unusual, deviation, anomaly

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Abhor

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regard with disgust and hatred

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Abjure

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renounce, usually under oath, repudiate, reject

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Abrogate

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to abolish, usually by authority

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Acerbic

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sour/bitter, especially in mood

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Acquiesce

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implies tacit acceptance, comply with, conform to

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Acquisition

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obtain, secure

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Acquit

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find not guilty, exculpate

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Acumen

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discerning, insightful

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Adhere

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hold fast, be attached to, loyal

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Ad-lib

A

extemporize, improvise

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Base

A

ignominy, treacherous

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Blandish

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to brown-nose, flatter, cajole

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Blase

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indifferent, apathetic

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Brusque

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curt, rude, blunt, short

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Blather

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to talk nonsense

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Brazen

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bold

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Calamity

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tragedy

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Cabal

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junta, conspiracy

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Calumny

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slander, libel, defame

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Capacious

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very large, spacious

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Captious

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carping, nagging, (ALSO) clever, astute

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aplomb

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self-confidence

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Apportion

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allocate, ration

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Archetype

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prototype, original, paradigm

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Artifice

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deceptive, ruse, trickery

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Innocuous

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not harmful or offensive

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Fatuous

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silly and pointless

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Furtive

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secretive

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Olfactory

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relating to the sense of smell

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Indefensible

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not justifiable by argument

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Inordinate

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unusually large or excessive

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Tonic

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giving a feeling of vigor or energy, invigorating

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Pedestrian

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lacking inspiration or excitement

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Auspicious

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favorable, indicating future success

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Equitable

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fair and impartial

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Practicable

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able to be used, useful