Units 4-6 Synonyms Flashcards by Jenna B | Brainscape

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exceptional, unusual, aberrant

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anomalus

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innuendo, calumny

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aspersion

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grotesque, fantastic, outlandish

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bizarre

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tactless, ungracious

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brusque

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wheedle, inveigle

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cajole

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chastise, censure

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castigate

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think up, concoct, fabricate

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contrive

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rabble-rouser, firebrand

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demagogue

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undeceive, enlighten

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disabuse

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languor, world-weariness, listlessness

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ennui

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bond, restraint, bind, hamper

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fetter

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evil, odious, outrageous

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heinous

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unchangeable, unalterable, fixed, invariable

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immutable

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revolutionary, rebellious, mutinous

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insurgent

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delusions of grandeur

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megalomania

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“no-show” job, cushy job, “plum”

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sinecure

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furtive, covert, clandestine, concealed

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surreptitious

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overstep, trespass

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transgress

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transform, convert

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transmute

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surrogate, secondhand

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vicarious

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reprieve

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amnesty

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home rule

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autonomy

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taken for granted

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axiomatic

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broadcast, trumpet

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blazon

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admonition, word to the wise

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caveat

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right, reasonable, evenhanded

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equitable

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disentangle, extract

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extricate

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pilfer, purloin, swipe

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filch

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sneer at, snicker at, scorn

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flout

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refractory, recalcitrant, peevish

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fractious

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principle, maxim

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precept

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salubrious, curative

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salutary

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searing, harsh, savage

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scathing

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flog, beat; bane, plague, pestilence

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scourge

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lugubrious, mortuary

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sepulchral

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narcotic, anesthetic

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soporific

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highly conventional, overly strict, stuffy

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straitlaced

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impermanent, ephemeral, evanescent

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transient

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bulky, clumsy, impractical

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unwieldy

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lifeless, colorless

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vapid

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genial, amicable, cordial

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affable

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augment, amplify, enhance, exalt

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aggrandize

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formless, unstructured, inchoate

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amorphous

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model, prototype, epitome

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archetype

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ambience, atmosphere

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aura

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bootleg, unlawful

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contraband

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profoundly educated, well-read

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erudite

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filmy, diaphanous, sheer, airy, feathery, gauzy

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gossamer

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impenetrable, incomprehensible, enigmatic

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inscrutable

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narrow-minded, parochial, provincial

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insular

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unrecallable, unalterable

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irrevocable

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natural bent, proclivity, penchant

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propensity

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petulant, irritable

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querulous

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reason against, espostulate

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remonstrate

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disavow, renounce

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repudiate

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springy, elastic

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resilient

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rumble, thunder, boom, echo

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reverberate

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obscene, filthy, abusive, vituperative

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scurrilous

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assiduous, indefatigable

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sedulous

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inferior, cheesy

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sleazy