Vocabulary Section-9 Flashcards

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Acclamation

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Overwhelming verbal approval

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Bucolic

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Rural

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Calumniate

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To slander

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Chary

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Hesitant

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Collusion

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Secret agreement

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Dilettante

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Trifling critic in arts

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Imperturbable

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Not easily excited

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Increment

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An enlargement

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Mandate

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Formal order

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Paltry

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Insignificant

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Paroxysm

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A sudden outburst

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Pedantry

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Someone who is by the book

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Peregrinations

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An excursion

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Redolent

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Small smelling fragrant

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Refulgent

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Radiant

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Shibboleth

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A distinguishing factor for a specific group

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Tyro

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Novice

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Unremitting

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Never letting up

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Vacillate

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To swing from Ideas indecisively

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Vituperative

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Harshly abusive