Vocabulary Flashcards
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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
to take over, enslave
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succor
assistance, releif
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sumptuous
rich, magnificent
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sycophant
someone who flatters petty like, servile parasite
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tenuous
flimsy, thin
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truculent
aggressive, savage, cruel
