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Units 8 & 9 Flashcards

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Aberration

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Deviation, anomaly, irregularity

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Ad hoc

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Improvised, makeshift

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Bane

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Death, ruin, poison, spoiler, bête noire

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Bathos

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Grossly insincere, exaggerated sentimentality, nadir, anticlimax, comedown, mawkishness, schmaltz

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Cantankerous

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Ill-tempered, quarrelsome, cranky, testy, peevish, irascible, ornery

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Casuistry

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Specious argument, sophistry, quibbling

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De facto

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In reality, in actuality, in point of fact

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Depredation

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Looting, pillage, outrage

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Empathy

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Sympathy, compassion

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Harbinger

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Forerunner, herald, precursor, presage

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Hedonism

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Pleasure seeking, sensuality, sybaritism

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Lackluster

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Dull, vapid, insipid, drab, flat

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Malcontent

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dissatisfied, disgruntled, grumbler

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Mellifluous

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Flowing sweetly or smoothly, honeyed, euphonious, musical

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Nepotism

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Favoritism

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Pander

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Indulge, pimp, procure

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Peccadillo

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Minor sin or offense, trifling fault or shortcoming, indiscretion

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Piece de resistance

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Centerpiece, chef d’oeuvre

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Remand

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Remit, return

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Syndrome

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Complex, pattern

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Beatitude

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Happiness, blessing, bliss, rapture

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Bête noire

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Pet peeve, bugbear, nemesis

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Bode

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Presage, augur, foreshadow

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Dank

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Unpleasantly damp or wet, clammy, moist, soggy

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Ecumenical

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General, comprehensive

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Fervid

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Extremely heated, ardent, zealous, fervent, earnest

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Fetid

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Smelly, putrid, noisome, foul, malodorous

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Gargantuan

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Enormous, prodigious, huge, colossal, mammoth, gigantic

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Heyday

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Golden age

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Incubus

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Demon, evil spirit, hobgoblin, millstone, burden

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Infrastructure

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Framework, permanent military structures, base, basis, underpinning

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Inveigle

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Entice, lure, snare, induce, beguile, cajole, wheedle

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Kudos

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Acclaim, prestige, renown, glory, praise, accolades

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Lagniappe

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Gift, gratuity, bonus

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Prolix

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Long-winded, wordy, verbose, garrulous

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Protege

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Ward, charge, disciple, trainee

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Prototype

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Original pattern or model, primitive or ancestral form, archetype

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Sycophant

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Slanderer, defamer, yes-man, toady, flunky, bootlicker

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Tautology

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Redundancy, pleonasm

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Truckle

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Kowtow, stoop, grovel

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