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Vocab Unit 7 Flashcards

1
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to cast overboard, get rid of as unnecessary or burdensome

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jettison

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syn: animalistic, loathsome

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bestial

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to calm or pacify, set to rest; to lessen or relieve

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allay

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ant: aggravate, exacerbate, intesify

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allay

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syn: gaudy, flashy, tawdry

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garish

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a circle of acquaintances a close-knit, often exclusive, group of people with a common interest

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coterie

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very persistent; holding firmly to a course of action or a set of beliefs; hard to get rid of, refusing to be put off or denied

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pertinacious

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ant: assent to, consent to, accept, agree to

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demur

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needy, impoverished

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indigent

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syn: piddling, trifling

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picayune

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done slyly or stealthily, sneaky, secret, shifty; stolen

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furtive

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beastlike; beastly, brutal; subhuman in intelligence and sensibility

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bestial

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syn: fun-loving, jovial, merry

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convival

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ant: reasonable, equitable

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inordinate

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ant: strip, mar, disfigure

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embellish

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ant: important, significant, huge, gigantic

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picayune

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ant: inappropriate, inept, graceless, unhappy

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felicitous

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ant: shyness, diffidence, timidity

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effrontery

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clothing, garments

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raiment

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ant: conserve, retain, hold on to, keep

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jettison

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syn: clique, set

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coterie

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lasting only a short time, short-lived

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ephemeral

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syn: match

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counterpart

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far too great, exceeding reasonable limits, excessive

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inordinate

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ant: subdued, muted, understated, quiet

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garish

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appropriate, apt, well chosen; marked by well-being or good fortune, happy

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felicitous

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syn: chutzpah, nerve, impertinence, cheek

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effrontery

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a person who hates or despises people

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misanthrope

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to object or take exception to; an objection

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demur

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ant: actual, real, factual, objective

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illusory

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syn: people-hater

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misanthrope

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syn: garnish

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embellish

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syn: reduce, alleviate, moderate

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allay

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ant: durable, long-lasting, permanent, perpetual

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ephemeral

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syn: cast off, discard, dump, junk

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jettison

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misleading, deceptive; lacking in or not based on reality

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illusory

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shameless boldness, impudence

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effrontery

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syn: covert, surreptitious

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furtive

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syn: transient, evanescent, transitory

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ephemeral

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a person or thing closely resembling or corresponding to another; a complement

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counterpart

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ant: aboveboard, open

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furtive

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syn: penniless, poverty-stricken, destitute

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indigent

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syn: stubborn, determined

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pertinacious

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ant: dour, sullen, unsociable

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convival

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festive, sociable, having fun together, genial

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convival

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syn: exorbitant, extravagant

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inordinate

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ant: human, clement, virtuous, upright

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bestial

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syn: fortunate, well- put

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felicitous

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syn: specious, spurious, imaginary

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illusory

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of little value or importance, paltry, measly; concerned with trifling matters, small-minded

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picayune

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ant: affluent, prosperous

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indigent

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syn: apparel, attire

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raiment

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to decorate, adorn, touch up; to improve by adding details

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embellish

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syn: protest, object to

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demur

55
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glaring; tastelessly showy or overdecorated in a vulgar or offensive way

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garish

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