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Vocabulary week 1 Flashcards

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Proverbs and Idioms flashcards
1
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to reject, renounce

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abjure

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2
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to coax by using flattery

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blandish

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3
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tremendous noise, disharmonious sound

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cacophony

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4
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harmful

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deleterious

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5
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impudence, nerve, insolence

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effrontery

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6
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silly, foolish

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fatuous

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7
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lofty, pompous language

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grandiloquence

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8
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a ranting speech

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harangue

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9
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humiliating, disgracing

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ignominious

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10
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hidden, but capable of being exposed

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latent

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11
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a destructive whirlpool which rapidly sucks in objects

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maelstrom

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12
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generosity in giving

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munificence

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