vocab 21 Flashcards by Annie Li | Brainscape

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amity

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friendship

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blandishment

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flattery to persuade someone to do something

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callous

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insensitive, cold hearted

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carping

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critical

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clemency

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mercy, lenience

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dilatory

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slow

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esteem

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respect

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finesse

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expertise

trick

do something in a delicate manner

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heretical

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believing in religious heresy

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imperious

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commanding, overbearing

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insatiable

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impossible to satisfy

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irreproachable

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faultlless

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mirth

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cheerfulness

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orthodox

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ordinary, traditional and approved

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pious

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very religious

hypocritical

desperate

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plight

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an unfortunate situation

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rancid

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smelling or tasting unpleasant

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raucous

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harsh and loud noise

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repugnant

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extremely unacceptable

in conflict with

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spiteful

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cruel