Set 6 Flashcards

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Esoteric

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Beyond understanding

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Erudite

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Scholarly, educated

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Euphemism

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Softer way of saying something bad

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Evasive

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Vague elusive

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Evoke

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Call forth

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Excerpt

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Selection

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Excise

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To cut out

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Excoriate

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Condemn

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Exhaustive

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Thorough, comprehensive

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Exonerate

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Absolve, free from blame

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Expatriate

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Emigrant, one living abroad

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Expletive

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Bad or offensive word

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Expound

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Expand upon fully

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Expunge

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Delete

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Extant

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In existence

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Extenuating

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Justifying

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Extraneous

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Irrelevant

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Faction

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Group that breaks away from the whole

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Factious

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Divisive, causing separation

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Fallible

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Imperfect flawed