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Vocabulary #3 Flashcards

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chide

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reproach

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clamor

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upheaval

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clout

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  1. the influence/importance of a person/thing; 2. to hit somebody with one’s hand
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complicit

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to be involved with something illicit

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contemptuous

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scornful

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contentious

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argumentative

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contravene

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to disobey a rule

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contrive

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to scheme

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controvert

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refute

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contumely

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contemptuous behavior arising from arrogance

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coup de grâce

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death blow

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culpability

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accountability for a wrong doing

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dander

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anger/bad humor

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dauntless

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fearless

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deadlock

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impasse

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debacle

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fiasco

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debase

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reduce in value

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decry

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belittle

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defamation

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slander

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defenestration

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throwing something out the window

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deign

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stoop

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deleterious

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damaging

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denigrate

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defame

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depose

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remove someone from a position of authority

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derange

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disturb

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derision

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contempt

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despotism

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authoritarian rule

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détente

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reduction of hostility in a strained relatonship

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diatribe

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abuse verbal/written attack

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disabuse

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dispel

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disapprobation

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disapproval

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discomfit

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confuse/embarrass

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disconsolate

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melancholic

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discordant

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conflicting

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discrepancy

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inconsistency

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disparage

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defame or criticize

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dissemble

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evade

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dissidence

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disagreement

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distemper

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disorder

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divulge

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make known something confidential

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dogged

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relentless

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doleful

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miserable

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donnybrook

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fracas

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duress

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coercion

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dyspeptic

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irritable

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effrontery

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audacity

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enmesh

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entangle

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enmity

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shared hatred

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evade

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elude

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eviscerate

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disembowel

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excoriate

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berate

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excommunicate

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formally banish

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execrable

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disgusting

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effervescent

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fizzy

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