Sublime-Varegated Flashcards

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1
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Sublime

A

Grand

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Sully

A

To tarnish or taint

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Supplant

A

To replace by force

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Surfeit

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Excessive amount

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Surly

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Rude and bade-tempered

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Sybarite

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Person devoted to pleasure and luxury

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Sycophant

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Yes man

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Symbiosis

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Cooperation, mutual helpfulness

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Syncopation

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Temporary irregularity in musical rhythm

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Tacit

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Done without using word

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Taciturn

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Silent

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Talon

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Animal claw

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Tangential

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Digressing

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Tawdry

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Showy, cheap

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Terrestrial

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Earthly

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Tirade

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Verbal attack

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Toady

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Someone who flatters in the hope of gaining a favor

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Tome

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A book usually large and academic

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Torpor

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Extreme mental/physical sluggishness

20
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Transitory

A

Temporary

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Trenchant

A

Acute, sharp

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Turgid

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Bloated; distended

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Tyro

A

Beginner

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Umbrage

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Offense

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Unconscionable

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Shockingly unfair/unjust

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Unequivocal

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Absolute; certain

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Upbraid

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Scold sharply

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Usury

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Practice of lending money at exorbitant rates

29
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Vacillate

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Indecisive

30
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Variegated

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Varied