Unit 10 Vocab Flashcards by Layla Dominguez

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Argumentative, disputatious, combative

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Contentious

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Untidy, disarranged, tousled, unkempt

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Disheveled

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Deplorable, regrettable, distressing

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Lamentable

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Recompense, requital, jest deserts

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Retribution

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Resonant, resounding; grandiloquent

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Sonorous

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Lopsided, crooked

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Askew

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To assert, declare, proclaim; to purport

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Profess

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To yearn for, hunger for , crave

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Covet

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Despondent, disconsolate

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Crestfallen

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A loafer, idler; a squanderer, profligate

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Wastrel

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Invincible, insurmountable, indomitable

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Insuperable

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Temptation, enticement; to beguile, tantalize

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Allure

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The forefront, cutting edge; trailblazers

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Vanguard

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A defender, champion; an interpreter

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Exponent

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Twisting, convoluted, serpentine; supple

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Sinuous

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An interval, intermission, lull, “breather”

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Respite

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To comply, accede, consent, yield

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Acquiesce

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Talkative, loquacious

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Garrulous

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Carefree, nonchalant, happy-go-lucky

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Blithe

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A misnaming, malapropism

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Misnomer