Vocabulary 3 Flashcards

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Cynicism

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Distrustful

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Cumbersome

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Troublesome

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Daunted

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Intimidate

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Debased

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To reduce in quality or value

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Debauchery

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Indulgence in sensual pleasures

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Defiler

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Pollute

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Demur

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Shy

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Derisive

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Mocking

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Deprecating

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To express disapproval

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Despotism

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Absolute authority

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Desultorily

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Lacking in consistency

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Didactedly

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Wholly committed society

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Diminution

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Lessening

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Din

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A loud noise

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Discretion

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Deciding with ones judgment

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Disdainfully

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Scornful

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Disreputably

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Not reputable

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Disassemble

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To take apart

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Disseminate

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To scatter

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Dissipated

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Excessive devotion to pleasure

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Divined

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Being a god

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Droning

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Hum

Buzz

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Dupes

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To deceive

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Ecstasy

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Rapturous delight

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Eddies

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Small whirlpool

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Edified

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Uplift

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Effigies

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A crude representation

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Emaciation

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Abnormal thinness

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Embed

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To incorporate

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Embellishing

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Adorn

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Empirical

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Provable by experiment

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Enunciating

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To over pronounce words

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Equilibrium

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A state of balance

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Equivocal

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Dubious

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Exaltation

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Elation of mind or feeling

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Execrate

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To abhor