Vocab 6 Flashcards by Aditi Newadkar | Brainscape

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satire

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a literary work attacking human vice

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scavenge

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to search through

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sectarian

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narrow-minded

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seditiousness

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relating to language rebelling against authority

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seminal

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highly influential

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severe

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strict

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shirked

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avoided or neglected

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skeptical

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questioning

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slighting

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disparaging

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slights

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deliberate discourtesies

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slovenly

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untidy

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sneer

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to make a contemptuous expression

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solicitous

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full of desire, careful

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somnolence

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sleepiness

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sonorous

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producing a deep, rich sound

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soporific

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to induce sleep

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spare

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to treat mercifully

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spirit

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the essence of something

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spontaneous

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not predictable

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spurious

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not genuine

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stalwarts

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one who supports a cause

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staple

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a basic dietary item

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stigmatized

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characterized as disgraceful

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stimulation

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creating sensation

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strenuous

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requiring great effort

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strident

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loud or shrill

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subjective

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taking place in a person’s mind

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subservience

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subordination

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subsidence

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the act of sinking to a lower level

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substantiate

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to support with proof

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substantive

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not subordinate

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subtle

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not immediately obvious

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succumb to

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to submit to an overwhelming force

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summation

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addition

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superficial

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near the surface

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supine

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lying on the back and facing upward

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synergy

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combining 2+ agents to have a greater force

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tabernacle

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a place of worship

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taciturn

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silent

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tactile

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tangible

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temperate

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moderate behavior

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tendentious

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partisan

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tenuous

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flimsy

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tractable

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easily handled or controlled

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traverse

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to pass over or through

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trendsetter

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one who initiates a style or trend

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trite

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lacking power to evoke interest

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trivialized

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reduced to the quality of little significance

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trove

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a collection of valuable items

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truncated

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to be cut off at the end

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tumult

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disorderly commotion

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ubiquitous

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widespread

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unanticipated

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not expected

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unconcerned

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indifferent

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unconventional

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out of the ordinary

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uncorroborated

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not strengthened with evidence

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underdog

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one at a disadvantage

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understatement

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a disclosure that is incomplete

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undistinguished

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ordinary

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unequivocal

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clear and unambiguous