Vocab 13 Flashcards

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Aver

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To declare or affirm with confidence

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Blatant

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Noisily or offensively loud or clamorous; Intentionally obvious

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Broach

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To mention or bring up for the first time

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Buttress

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Any prop or support meant to support or make stronger; (v.) To support or make stronger

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5
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Carousal

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A noisy and usually drunken feast or merrymaking

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Collate

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To arrange in sequence; To compare in order to agree or disagree

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Connoisseur

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An expert who is qualified for critically judging matters of the fine arts or taste

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Disconsolate

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Hopelessly sad and beyond being cheered up

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Encumber

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To burden or weigh down; To block or hinder

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Foment

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To stir up trouble or instigate rebellion

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Grisly

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Causing horror, fear, fright

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Herculean

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Requiring great strength, like that of Hercules

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13
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Impassive

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Without emotion or feeling

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14
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Inauspicious

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Not favorable or lucky

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Incontrovertible

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Impossible to dispute or question

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Magniloquent

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Speaking in lofty and grandiose speech

17
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Nonplussed

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In a state of perplexity, confusion, or bewilderment

18
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Opportune

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Happening at an appropriate time; Suitable for a particular purpose

19
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Predilection

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A partiality or liking of something; A preference

20
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Prolific

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Producing abundant offspring or fruit or works

21
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Rejoinder

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An answer to a reply; A response

22
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Abet

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To support or encourage a wrongdoing