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English III Honors > Units 1-6 Vocabulary > Flashcards

Units 1-6 Vocabulary Flashcards

1
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commendation, sanction

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approbation

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mitigate, alleviate, allay, slake

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assuage

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alliance, federation, league, combine

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coalition

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4
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degeneration, corruption

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decadence

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5
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call forth, evoke, extract, deduce

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elicit

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protest, remonstrate, complain

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expostulate

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7
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banal, trite, commonplace, corny

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hackneyed

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8
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pause, lacuna

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hiatus

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9
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insuation, intimation

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innuendo

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10
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intervene, mediate

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intercede

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sated, surfeited, cloyed

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jaded

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gruesome, gory, grisly, baleful, ghastly

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lurid

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praiseworthy, laudable, commendable

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meritorious

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14
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irritable, waspy, testy

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petulant

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15
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perquisite, perk

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prerogative

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16
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narrow-minded, parochial, insular, naive

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provincial

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17
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feign, pretend, affect

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simulate

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18
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surpass, outstrip

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transcend

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19
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irritation, pique, annoyance

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umbrage

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20
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mealymouthed, servile, fawning, greasy

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unctuous

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21
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loathe, abhor, despise, detest

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abominate

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22
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adaptation

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acculturation

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23
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extrinsic, incidental, fortuitous

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adventitious

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24
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impute, credit, attribute

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ascribe

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25
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indirect, meandering, winding

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circuitous

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26
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feel sorry for, empathize

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commiserate

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27
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bid, charge, command, adjure

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enjoin

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28
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speed up, facilitate, accelerate

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expedite

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29
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make amends for, make reparations, redeem, atone

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expiate

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30
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commotion, turmoil, unrest

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ferment

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31
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titular, token, trifling, inconsequential

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nominal

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32
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cagey, uninformative, playing it safe, playing it to the vest

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noncommital

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33
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misappropriate, embezzle, defraud

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peculate

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34
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natural bent, penchant, propensity

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proclivity

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35
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poise, self-assurance, equanimity

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sangfroid

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36
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mutinous, rebellious, subversive

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seditious

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37
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flimsy, insubstantial, vague, hazy

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tenuous

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38
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withering, acerbic, mordant

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vitriolic

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39
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cajole, inveigle, soft-soap, sweet-talk

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wheedle

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40
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accidental, unconsidered

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inadvertent

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41
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amend, better

A

ameliorate

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42
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levelheadedness, self-possession, composure

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aplomb

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43
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inflated, highfalutin, high-flown, pretentious

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bombastic

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44
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green, raw, unfledged, inexperienced

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callow

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45
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balderdash, hogwash, tommyrot, slaver

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drivel

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46
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abstract, digest, model, archetype

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epitome

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47
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entreat, implore, adjure

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exhort

48
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encroach, impinge, intrude, poach

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infringe

49
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cozy up to, curry favor with

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ingratiate

50
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trespasser, meddler, buttinsky

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interloper

51
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immanent, organic

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intrinsic

52
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rail, harangue, fulminate, remonstrate

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inveigh

53
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fatigue, lethargy, torpor, langour

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lassitude

54
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chiliad, golden age, prosperity, peace

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millenium

55
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supernatural, esoteric, abstruse, arcane

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occult

56
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provoke, produce, reckless, impetuous

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precipitate

57
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stern, rigorous, tough, urgent, imperative

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stringent

58
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infer, gather, inference, presumption

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surmise

59
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genial, amicable, agreeable, cordial

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affable

60
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augment, amplify, enhance, exalt

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aggrandize

61
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formless, unstructured, nebulous, inchoate

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amorphous

62
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ambience, atmosphere

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aura

63
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illicit, bootleg, unlawful

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contraband

64
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profoundly educated, well-read

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erudite

65
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filmy, diaphanous, sheer, airy, feathery, gauzy

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gossamer

66
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gather, deduce, presume, guess, speculate

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infer

67
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impenetrable, incomprehensible, enigmatic

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inscrutable

68
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narrow-minded, parochial, provincial

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insular

69
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irreversible, unrecallable, unalterable

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irrevocable

70
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natural bent, proclivity, penchant

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propensity

71
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petulant, touchy, cranky, irritable

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querulous

72
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reason against, expostulate

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remonstrate

73
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disavow, abjure, renounce

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repudiate

74
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springy, elastic, buoyant, bouncy

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resilient

75
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rumble, thunder, boom, echo

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reverberate

76
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obscene, filthy, abusive, vituperative

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scurrilous

77
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assiduous, tireless, indefatigable

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sedulous

78
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inferior, cheesy, tawdry, tatty

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sleazy

79
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home rule

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autonomy

80
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taken for granted

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axiomatic

81
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broadcast, trumpet

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blazon

82
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admonition, word to the wise

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caveat

83
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right, reasonable, evenhanded

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equitable

84
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disentangle, extract, disengage

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extricate

85
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pilfer, purloin, swipe

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filch

86
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scoff at, sneer at, snicker at, scorn

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flout

87
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refractory, recalcitrant, peevish

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fractious

88
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principle, maxim

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precept

89
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salubrious, curative

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salutary

90
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searing, harsh, ferocious, savage

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scathing

91
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flog, beat, bane, plague, pestilence

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scourge

92
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doleful, lugubrious, mortuary

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sepulchral

93
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narcotic, anesthetic

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soporific

94
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highly conventional, overly strict, stuffy

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straitlaced

95
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impermanent, ephemeral, evanescent

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transient

96
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cumbersome, bulky, clumsy, impractical

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unwieldy

97
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insipid, lifeless, colorless

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vapid

98
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exceptional, atypical, unusual, aberrant

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anomalous

99
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innuendo, calumny, denigration

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aspersion

100
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grotesque, fantastic, outlandish

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bizarre

101
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curt, tactless, ungracious, gruff, rough

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brusque

102
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wheedle, inveigle, soft-soap, sweet-talk

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cajole

103
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chastise, rebuke, censure, upbraid

A

castigate

104
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think up, devise, concoct, fabricate

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contrive

105
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rabble-rouser, firebrand

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demagogue

106
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undeceive, enlighten, set straight

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disabuse

107
Q

languor, world-weariness, listlessness

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ennui

108
Q

bond, restraint; bind, hamper

A

fetter (Nouns, Verbs)

109
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evil, odious, abominable, outrageous

A

heinous

110
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unchangeable, unalterable, fixed, invariable

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immutable

111
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revolutionary, rebellious, mutinous

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insurgent

112
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delusions of grandeur

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megalomania

113
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“no-show” job, cushy job, “plum”

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sinecure

114
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furtive, covert, clandestine, concealed

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surreptitious

115
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overstep, exceed, trespass, err

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transgress

116
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transform, convert, translate, metamorphise

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transmute

117
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surrogate, substitute, imagined, secondhand

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vicarious

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