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Vocab 3 Flashcards

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Abdicate

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To relinquish, cast off duty or responsibility

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Despondent

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Feeling or showing extreme discouragement, dejection or depression

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Elucidate

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To make something difficult to understand clear or easy to understand

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Fastidious

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Very careful about how you do something hard; hard to please

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Foible

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A minor flaw or shortcoming in character or behaviour; weakness

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ILK

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The same, sor, or kind (often negative connotation)

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Impugn

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To criticize (character) suggesting that a person is not honest

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Ineffable

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Incapable of being expressed in words; to great/ powerful/ beautiful to be described

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Megalomania

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Delusional belief that one has unlimited power or importance; mania for great/performance

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Mellifluous

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Having a smooth flowing sound

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Obfuscate

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To make obscure, to confused or darken

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Odious

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Causing hatred or strong dislike

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Ostensible

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Seeming or said to be true but very possibly not true or real; intended for display

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Ostentatious

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Designed to get noticed or draw attention in an inappropriate , showy manner. Often behavior or dress

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Palliative

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something that reduces negative effects; to lessen , to soothe

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Paucity

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A small amount of something; less than what is wanted/needed

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pique/piqued

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to cause/induce interest or curiosity. To make someone annoyed or angry

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proclivity

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a strong, natural liking for something; a tendency

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pugnacious

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having a quarrelsome, combative nature

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quixotic

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foolishly impractical, especially in pursuit of ideals, romantic

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remuneration

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money or other payment for the work a person has done

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salubrious

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healthy or promoting health or well-being

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sundry

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made up of different things, miscellaneous

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unconscionable

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extremely bad, unfair, wrong, shockingly unjust

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vociferous

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expressing feelings or opinions in a very loud/forceful way

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