Vocab S2 Flashcards by Lydia Brown | Brainscape

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Adulation

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Excessive flattery

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Censure

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Disapproval

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Dissemble

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Conceal one’s opinion or motives

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Vicarious

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Experienced through imaginative participation in the experience of another

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Droll

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Funny

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Expectorate

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Spit

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Palpate

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To examine by touch

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Peremptory

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Final

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Pusillanimous

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Lacking courage, cowardly

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Surfeit

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An excessive amount

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Allay

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Relieve or alleviate

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Capacious

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having a lot of space inside, roomy

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Didactic

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Intended to teach

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Diurnal

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Of the day

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Ignominious

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Deserving or causing public disgrace or shame

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Mitigate

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To lessen

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Palpitate

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To beat

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Phlegmatic

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Unemotional or calm

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Propitious

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Giving or indicating a good chance of success; favorable

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Prostrate

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Lying face down

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Acquiesce

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To accept without protest

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Amity

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A friendly relationship

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Arduous

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involving strenuous, hard work

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Gestalt

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A whole that is greater than the sum of its parts

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Inundate

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Overwhelm with things to do

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Perjury

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Lie to a jury

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Perspicuity

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Clarity

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Preposterous

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Absurd

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Trepidation

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Fear of nervousness

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Voluble

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Speaking incessantly

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Alacrity

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Eagerness

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Aplomb

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Self-confidence

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Barrage

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Outpouring of questions or blows

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Cognizant

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Having knowledge or being aware of

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Collusion

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Secret or illegal cooperation or conspiracy

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Deleterious

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Causing harm or damage

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Paradigm

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Typical example or pattern of something; a model

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Unctuous

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An oily person who flatters