Vocabulary Flashcards by Jake Gruber | Brainscape

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mitigate

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Make less severe

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Magnanimous

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Big Hearted, Generous, forgiving

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mollify

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lessen anger, soothe

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mundane

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ordinary, temporary

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nefarious

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extremely evil

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nocturnal

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active at night

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obdurate

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stubborn, unyielding

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objergate

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scold, denounce

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obtuse

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dull, blunt, unintelligent

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parsimony

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Excessive Frugality

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penury

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extreme poverty

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petulance

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grouchiness

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ponderous

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slow, weighty, labored

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pretentious

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making ridiculous claims, excessively ambitious

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prodigal

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wasteful, especially of money

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puerile

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childish

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quell

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to calm, pacify

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recant

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to take back something you have already said

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reprove

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scold, criticize, disapprove

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reticent

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quite, uncommunicative

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Salubrious

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promoting health

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sectarian

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limited to the beliefs of a small group

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serpentine

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coiled, twisted, winding

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sonorous

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loud, full of sound, booming

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subjugate

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to take over, enslave

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succor

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assistance, releif

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sumptuous

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rich, magnificent

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sycophant

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someone who flatters petty like, servile parasite

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tenuous

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flimsy, thin

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truculent

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aggressive, savage, cruel