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Unit 14 Flashcards

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Proverbs and Idioms flashcards
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willing to follow advice or authority, tractable, submissive; responsive; liable to be held responsible

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amenable

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to scold sharply

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berate

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large-scale slaughter or loss of life

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carnage

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too readily to believe, easily deceived

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credulous

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a rule, test; a standard for judgement or evaluation

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criterion

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canon syn for

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criterion

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to use up as a result of spending or consumption; to diminish greatly

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deplete

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to expand on, write or talk at length or in detail; to move about freely

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expatiate

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descant syn for

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expatiate

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adumbrate ant for

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expatiate

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coming from the outside, foreign; present but not essential, irrelevant

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extraneous

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incidental, extrensic, adventitious syn for

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extraneous

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germane ant for

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extraneous

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the beginning, star, earliest stage of some process, institution, etc.

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inception

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a weakness or ailment (physical, mental, moral, etc.)

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infirmity

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jejune accented syllable

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jun

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lacking in nutritive value; lacking in interest or substance; immature, juvenile

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jejune

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puerile syn for

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jejune

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stubborn, unyielding

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obdurate

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obdurate accented syllable

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ab

21
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tractable ant for

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obdurate

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a collection of diverse or miscellaneous items; a general mixture; petals mixed with spices for scent

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potpourri

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potpourri accented syllable

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re

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farrago syn for

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potpourri

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showing unusually early developments (especially in talents and mental capacity

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precocious

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delighting in cruelty, excessively cruel

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sadistic

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masochistic syn for

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sadistic

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clement ant for

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sadistic

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self-righteous, characterized by moralizing; given to use of maxims or adages; saying much in a few words, pithy

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sententious

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aphoristic, epigrammatic, moralistic syn for

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sententious

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discursive, diffuse, episodic ant for

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sententious

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to beg earnestly and humbly

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supplicate

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an excess or overindulgence, as in eating or drinking, causing disgust

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surfeit

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surfeit accented syllable

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ser

35
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paucity ant for

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surfeit

36
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to feed or supply with anything to excess

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surfeit

37
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surfeit pos

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noun, verb

38
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winding, twisted, crooked; highly involved, complex; devious

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tortuous

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swollen, bloated, filled to excess; overdecorated or excessive language

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turgid

10th Grade English (14 decks)

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