Test 3 Flashcards by Grace Burke | Brainscape

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Exasperated

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Make a problem worse

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Evasive

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Tending to avoid commitment

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Undignified

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Appearing foolish

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Colossal

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Extremely large or great

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Carnage

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Killing of large number of people

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Indignation

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Anger it annoyance

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Atrocity

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Wicked or cruel

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Perpetrator

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Person who does a harmful illegal or immoral act

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Defiance

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Bold disobedience

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Forlorn

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Pitifully or sad

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Corroboration

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Evidence which confirms or supports a statement

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Scapegoat

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Person who is blamed for others wrongdoing

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Annihilate

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Destroy utterly

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Dingy

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Gloomy and drab

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Bemused

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Puzzled or confused

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Duress

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Threats and violence

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Chastened

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Rebuke or misfortune

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Rebuke

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Express sharp disapproval

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Contempt

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The felling that something is worthless

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Floundering

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Struggle or stagger clumsily

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Futile

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Incapable

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Aforementioned

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Doing a thing a person previously mentioned

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Subpoena

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A writ ordering someone to attend court

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Jargon

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Special words or expressions

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Maliciously

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With intent to harm someone

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Imperceptibly

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In a way that is so slight and gradual

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Prominent

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Important or famous

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Strenuously

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In a way that requires great physical exertion

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Precedents

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Something that comes before

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Scathingly

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In a way that criticises someone

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Nonchalant

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Feeling or appearing casually calm and relaxed

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Spontaneous

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Performed or occurring as a result

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Edgily

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In a nervous or worried way

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Keenest

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Having or showing eagerness

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Reprieve

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Cancel or postpone

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Pneumatic

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Containing or operating by air pt gas under pressure

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Revelled

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Enjoy oneself in a lively noisy way

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Dignitaries

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A person considered to be important

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Monotone

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A counting sound

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Desolate

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Uninhabited and giving an impression of bleak emptiness

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Trite

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Lacking originality or freshness

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Reverie

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A daydream

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Lethargic

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Affected by lethargy and sluggish

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Caress

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To stroke or touch lightly in a loving way

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Incessant

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Continuing without a pause of interrupted

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Scrutinised

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Examine or inspect closely

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Dudgeon

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A felling of offence

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Throng

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Large densely packed crowd

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Vehemently

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In a forceful passion to intense manner

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Enigmatic

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Difficult to understand

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Melodramatic

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Exaggerated or emotional

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Conspiratorially

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To suggest something