Vocabulary Power Plus Flashcards

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Divulge

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To tell; to reveal

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Abet

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To assist or in courage especially in wrong doing

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Dogmatic

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Arrogant and stubborn about one’s beliefs

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Insipid

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Lacking flavor; dull; not at all stimulating

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Extraneous

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Inessential; not constituting a vital part

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Coerce

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To force by using pressure, intimidation, or threats

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Jaundiced

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Prejudiced; hostile

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Meticulous

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Extremely, sometimes excessively, careful about small details

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Temerity

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Recklessness; a foolish disregard of danger

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Gregarious

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Sociable; fond of the company of others

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Heresy

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The crime of holding a belief that goes against established doctrine

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Docile

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Easy to teach or manage

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Libation

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A drink, especially an alcoholic one

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Anathema

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A hated or repellent thing; a formal curse

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Banter

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Teasing; playful conversation

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Castigate

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To criticize or punish severely

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Gauche

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Lacking social graces; tactless

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Ignominy

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Public shame, disgrace, or dishonor

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Motley

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Made up of dissimilar parts; being of many colors

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Emaciated

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Extremely thin, wasted away

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Avarice

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Greed; desire for wealth

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Furtive

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Stealthy, secretive

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Bacchanalian

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Wild and drunken

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Extradite

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To turn over or deliver to the legal jurisdiction of another government of authority

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Irascible

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Easily angered

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Mercenary

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A professional spiller hired by a foreign army

27
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Bastion

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A strong defense or fort

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Jettison

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To cast overboard; to discard

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Ostracize

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To banish; to shutout by a group or society by common consent

30
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Copious

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Numerous; large in quantity