Vocab 2/19 Flashcards

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Austere

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(Adj.) stern, strict, and unadorned

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Ascribe

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(n) to attribute to, assign

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Bibliophile

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(N) a book cover

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Capitulate

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(V) to submit completely, give up, surrender

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Charlatan

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(N) quack or fake

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Cryptic

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(Adj) puzzling

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Denigrate

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(V) to slur or blacken someone’s reputation

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Execrable

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(Adj) utterly detestable, abhorrent

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Fulsome

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(Adj) sickeningly excessive; repulsive

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Fetid

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(Adj) foul-smelling or putrid

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Glib

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(Adj) fluent in an insincere manner; offhand, casual

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Hermetic.

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(Adj) tightly sealed

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Inane

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(Adj) foolish and silly; lacking significance

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Jettison

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(V) to cast off, throw cargo overboard

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Keen

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(Adj) having a sharp edge; intellectually sharp, perceptive

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