Vocab Flashcards by Anna O'Reilly | Brainscape

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Meglamania

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Obsession with power - noun

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Profligate

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Wasteful - adj

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Strife

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Disagreement over fundamental issues, -noun

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Legion

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A large number of something - adj

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Coup

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Revolution - noun

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Amnesty

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Official pardon - noun

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Expatriate

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A person who leaves there native country - noun

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Exonerate

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Release someone fro ma duty - verb

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Fiat

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An official order - noun

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Mendacious

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Lying - noun

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Parsimonious

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Unwilling to spend money

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Pecuniary

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Relating to money - adj

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Dismantle

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Take apart - verb

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Sumptuous

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Lavish adj

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Underwrite

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Help someone financially- verb

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Restrictive

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Limiting - adj

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Balk

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Unwilling - verb

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Blunt

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To stop something Straight up - adj

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Nostalgia

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Reminisce the past - noun