Vocab 2 Flashcards

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Requisition

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Act of requiring

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Inexorable

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Unyielding will not stop

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Spittoon

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A bowl or vase for spit

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Petulant

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A sudden showing of impatience irritation

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Offal

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Unbeatable parts of animals

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Implacable

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Not to be appeased

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Admonitory

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Giving a warning

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Avocations

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Act of superior rule

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Appirations

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To speak falsely

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Fickleness

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Can be easily persuaded

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Tumbril

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Cart used in the revolution

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Prevaricate

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Super natural

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Adulation

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Flattery

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Perspicacity

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Keenness or understanding

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Aesthetic

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Physically attractive

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Conciliatory

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Overcoming disgust or hostility

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Cursory

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To be rushed. Going rapidly

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Denounce

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To tell someone is bad and announce publicly

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Eclectic

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Selecting various sources

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Incommodious

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Not user friendly

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Gaol

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Jailer

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Perquisiton

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Peeks or benefit

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Discord

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A disagreement

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Innocuous

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Harmless

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Cryptic

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Not outward. Obscure

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Furtive

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Secret secretive

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Ostentatious

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Intending to attract attention

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Vilify

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Speaking badly

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Impede

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Obstruct to get in the way. To hinder

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Succinct

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Everything in to the point. Concise fast

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Terse

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Abrupt rude

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Flagrant

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Flaring

Obvious

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Garrulous

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Excessively talkative

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Debauchory

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Act of unethical behavior

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Pillory

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Wooden framework to humiliate people

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Aphorism

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Proverb short hand statement

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Demur

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Objecting

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Immolate

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To sacrifice by fire

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Immaculate

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To clean or pure

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Laconic

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Brief concise using few words

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Obsequious

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Obvious

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Deference

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Judgement

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Morose

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Gloomy

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Entreat

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Plead to ask

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Supplication

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Request humbly

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Ubiquitous

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Popular

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Supercilious

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Arrogant haughtily