Vocab 12/13 Flashcards by Dana Stanley | Brainscape

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Astute

Suit

A

Adj.

Smart

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Appalling

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Adj.

Terrible

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Austere

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Plain

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Bulwark

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Defensive wall

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Cacophony

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Harsh sounds

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Caucus

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Meeting

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Commodious

Commode

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Adj

Roomy

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Criterion

Librarian

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Standard of judgment

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Dearth

Earth

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A lack of

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Grandiloquent

grand elephant

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Big and flashy

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Incongruous

Congress

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Adj

Doesn’t fit in

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Lassitude

Lazy dude

A

Noun

Fatigue

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Claimant

Claiming ant

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Noun

Somebody making a claim

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Archaic

Cake

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Adj

Ancient

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Cloister

Oyster

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Noun

Secluded place

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Engulf

Gulf

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Surround

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Defame

Rename

A

Verb

Take away someone’s good name

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Feigned

Insane

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Verb

Pretend