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TBL Vocab Flashcards

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implore

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Beg someone desperately

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Unctous

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Excessively smooth, smug

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segued

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To make a transition from one thing to another smoothly

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uncanny

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uncomfortably strange or mysterious

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Pedantic

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showy in one’s learning

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fatuous

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foolish, silly

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supercilious

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behaving as if one is superior to others

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illustrious

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Famous, renoined (in a positive way)

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squalid

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Filthy, foul

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guileless

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honest, sincere

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Scintillant

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Animated

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audacity

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Boldness, daring

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deplore

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To regret deeply or to strongly hate or disapprove of

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indecorous

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improper

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palpable

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able to be felt

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harried

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harass, annoy

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debauchery

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corruption; excessive indulgence in sensual pleasure (religious)

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patronized

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to behave in a condescending manner towards others

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histrionic

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overly dramatic

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peremptory ⭕️

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assertive, leaving no opportunity for refusal

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novice

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beginner

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bellicose

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hostile; aggressive

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dominion

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power to rule in a realm or territory

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Supplicant

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One who is devoted & prays to God

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glowered

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to scowl; to have an angry, sullen look

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perspicacity

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shrewdness; keen insight into things

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illusory

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unrealisitc

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strident

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loud & harsh

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reverie

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Daydream

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aghast

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Filled with horror + shock

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mired

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To be stuck as in mind or sludge in a state of difficulty

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impugn

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To call into question; challenging

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parlayed

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To turn something into a great amount OR benefit

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languorous

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dreamy; lazy mood

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despotic

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Tyrannical; dictorial. One’s hungry for power, wants to control the world

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condescension

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Attitude of superiority; disdain; contempt

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impervious

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not bothered or affected by something

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Abhorrent

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Hateful; inspiring disgust or loathing

English - Fall of 2014 (5 decks)

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