Vocab 10 Flashcards by Daphne Cheung

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cajole

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to urge, to coax

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defile

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to make not pure, to contaminate

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desecrate

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to violate the sacredness of a place or thing

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magnate

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a wealthy and influential person

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prevaricator

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someone who speaks in an evasive way

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egregious

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extremely bad

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sapient

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smart, knowledgeable

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ingratiating

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sucking up, obsequious

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oleaginous

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excessive complimenting

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fastidious

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meticulous, conscientious

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fractious

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troublesome and irritable

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iconoclast

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a person who attacks common beliefs

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impinge

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to make an impression, or to infringe

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inchoate

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formless, amorphous

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stipulate

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to lay out conditions, to specify

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intransigent

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refusing to compromise, dogmatic

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scurrilous

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foul-mouthed; vulgar

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invective

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a verbal attack

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recondite

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esoteric, abstruse

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limpid

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clear, transparent

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licentious

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unprincipled

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mendacious

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having a lying, false character

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nascent

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process of being born

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oblique

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diverging from a straight line, not straightforward

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perfidious

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deceitful and untrustworthy

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officious

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offering one’s services when they are unwanted

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ostensible

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seemingly

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pallid

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lacking colour

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parsimonious

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frugal, stingy

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pejorative

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derogatory

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probity

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virtue, integrity

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punctilious

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eager to follow rules or conventions

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quagmire

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a difficult situation

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iota

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a small amount, soupçon, modicum

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reprobate

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evil, unprincipled

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ribald

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coarsely, crudely humorous

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sacrosanct

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sacred, holy

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piety

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religious devoutness

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knave

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a charlatan

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solicitous

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concerned, attentive

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solipsistic

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believing that you’re the only one in the world

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tacit

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expressed without words (taciturn)

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tenuous

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weak, having little strength

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tractable

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easily controlled

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turpitude

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depravity, atrocity

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pontifical

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feel superior, arrogant, pretentious

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vex

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to confuse

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wanton

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promiscuous, without regard for what’s right

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cavalier

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indifferent to others’ feelings

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unstinting

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giving without restraint