Vocab 13 Flashcards by Daphne Cheung

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trounce

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to beat severely and defeat

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pare

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to reduce

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megalomania

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obsession with grandiose performance

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microcosm

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a small scale representation of a larger system

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misanthrope

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distrust of mankind

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mores

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fixed customs or manners; moral code

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peculate

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to embezzle

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impudent

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cocky

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neonate

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a newborn child

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rapt

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to be deeply absorbed in something (enraptured)

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non sequitor

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statement that does not logically follow what was said previously

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obfuscate

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to make obscure

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vituperate

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to abuse verbally

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vociferous

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loud and noisy, rambunctious

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incarnadine

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bloody red

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raze

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to destroy completely

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onus

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a burden or obligation

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opine

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to express an opinion

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opprobrious

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disgraceful and shameful

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incipient

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embryonic, beginning to exist or appear

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inquest

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an investigation or inquiry

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reactionary

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marked by extreme conservatism

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lithe

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moving and bending with ease, flexible

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macrocosm

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a large-scale reflection of a part of the greater world

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tawdry

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cheap but showy; tacky, gaudy

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seamy

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unpleasant, morally degraded

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temerity

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recklessness

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plucky

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courageous

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tenet

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a principle, doctrine or belief

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toady

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obsequious

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tortuous

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very complex, byzantine

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phalanx

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a close-knit family of people, animals or things

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philistine

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someone who is materialistic

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pseudonym

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a fictitious name, like a pen name

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puissant

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powerful

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paean

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a song of praise

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panache

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flamboyant

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unconscionable

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unscrupulous, unfair, unjust

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unfrock

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to dethrone, to oust

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insuperable

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incapable of being surmounted

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internecine

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destructive to both sides of a conflict

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wily

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clever, deceptive

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usury

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lending money at exorbitant rates (loan shark)

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interregnum

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hiatus

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winsome

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charming, happily engaging

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equivocal

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doubtful, uncertain

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abeyance

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suspended action

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accoutre

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to equipe

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accure

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to come about by addition

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accretion

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growth, increase