Vocabulary 20 Flashcards

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Practical for purpose at hand

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Expedient

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Critism

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Remonstrance

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A group chosen to represent others

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Deputation

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To discontort

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Abash

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To become engaged to marry

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Plight

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Abnormal; outside of nature

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Preternatural

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Deep dislike

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Antipathy

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Faultless

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Irreproachable

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To reduce intensity

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Mitigate

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Attractive

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Comely

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State of dullness or inactivity

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Torpor

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Vengeful; bitter

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Vindictive

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Deathly pale

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Livid

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Unspoken but understood

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Tacit

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Concluded on the basis of knowledge or belief

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Inferential

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To suggest or imply

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Insinuate

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Ancient; timeless

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Immemorial

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A tendency to believe something without evidence

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Credulity

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Cheerful

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Genial

19
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Hating people

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Misanthropic