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Units 12 & 13 Flashcards

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Debilitate

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Enervate, sap, exhaust, enfeeble

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Narcissism

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Self love, egotism, conceit, vanity, amour propre

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Apposite

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Appropriate, suitable, apt, relevant, pertinent, material, germane

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Augur

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Prophet, seer, predict, foreshadow, oracle, bode

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Bilk

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Defraud, cheat, swindle, frustrate, thwart, dupe, cozen

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Charisma

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Appeal, charm, mystique

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Execrable

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Detestable, hateful, abhorrent, inferior, odious, abominable, reprehensible

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Impinge

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Horn in, affect

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Labyrinth

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Tangle,mystery, enigma

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Niggardly

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Stingy, insufficient, tightfisted, penny pinching, mean

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Pastiche

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Hodgepodge, medley, patchwork, melange, potpourri

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Precarious

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Dangerous, risky, perilous, dubious, ticklish

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Rapport

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Bond, tie, affinity, understanding

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Utilitarian

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Practical, functional, pragmatic

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Vacuous

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Purposeless, inane, insipid, fatuous, void, empty

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Vagary

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Caprice, whim, quirk

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Viable

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Practicable, workable, feasible

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Xenophobia

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Provinciality, parochialism, chauvinism

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Zany

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Clownish, comical, daffy, buffoon

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Zealot

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Fanatic, extremist

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Accolade

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Praise, approval, kudos, acclaim, cheers, plaudits

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Acerbity

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Sourness, bitterness, acidity, astringency, mordancy, asperity

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Attrition

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Abrasion, erosion, exhaustion, reduction

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Bromide

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Sedative, cliche, platitude

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Chauvinistic

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Patriotic, super patriot, flag- waver, jingoist

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Chronic

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Recurrent, persistent, inveterate, habitual

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Expound

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Elucidate, explicate, delineate

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Factionalism

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Infighting, dissension,

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Immaculate

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Spotless, unsoiled, impeccable

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Imprecation

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Curse, execration, malediction

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Ineluctable

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Unavoidable, inescapable, inevitable

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Mercurial

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Fickle, inconstant, erratic, flighty, capricious, volatile

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Palliate

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Mitigate, alleviate, extenuate

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Protocol

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Memorandum, official account, record, code of conduct, minutes

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Resplendent

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Gleaming, splendid, magnificent, radiant, dazzling, glorious

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Stigmatize

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Sully, taint, disgrace

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Sub rosa

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In secret, confidentially, privately, secretive, secretly, covertly, stealthily, furtively

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Vainglory

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Vanity, conceit, swagger, pretentiousness

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Vestige

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Artifact, relic, remains ,

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Volition

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Free will, choice

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