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Units 2 & 3 Flashcards

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Apprise

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Acquaint, notify

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Aegis

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Auspices

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Bibulous

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Inebrious, alcoholic

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Claque

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Fan club, flatterers, hangers-on

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Deracinate

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Extirpate, eradicate, expunge

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Eleemosynary

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Philanthropic, beneficent

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Indigenous

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Endemic, domestic, homegrown

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Lachrymose

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Tearful, doleful, dolorous

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Lexicon

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Wordbook, glossary

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Melee

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Fracas, brawl, scuffle, donnybrook

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Microcosm

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Epitome, world in a little

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Minuscule

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Infinitesimal, insignificant

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Obfuscate

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Muddy the waters

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Paternalism

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Benevolence, solicitude, fatherliness

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Polarize

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Split, divide, alienate, estrange

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Purview

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Jurisdiction, orbit

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Sanguine

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Flushed, rosy

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Solecism

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Misusage, blunder, faux pas

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Vassal

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Menial, minion, servile, subservient

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Verisimilitude

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Realism, lifelikeness, authenticity

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Ancillary

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Subordinate, supplementary, auxiliary, subsidiary, accessory

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Bowdlerize

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Censor, purge, expurgate

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Condescend

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Deign

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Cozen

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Trick, cheat, swindle, dupe, deceive, beguile, inveigle

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Enclave

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Island, subgroup

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Forte

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Gift, aptitude, speciality

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Gratis

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Free, on the house, freely

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Icon

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Symbol, emblem, idol

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Interstice

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Gap, slot, crevice, interval, lacuna

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Macrocosm

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Cosmos, entirety

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Mountebank

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Trickster, swindler, charlatan, impostor, quack

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Paean

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Hymn, ode, anthem

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Persiflage

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Banter, jesting, repartee, badinage

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Plethora

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Over-fullness, superabundance, superfluity, surplus, surfeit, glut, excess

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Pragmatic

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Down-to-earth, businesslike

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Quizzical

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Puzzled, mocking, odd, equivocal, peculiar, perplexed, mystified, derisive

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Rapacity

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Avarice, cupidity, voraciousness

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Schism

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Rift, breach

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Therapeutic

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Beneficial, curative, salutary, salubrious

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Virtuoso

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Expert, master, prodigy, maestro

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