Week 2 Flashcards by Tiffany Wu | Brainscape

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Aquit

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Declare not guilty

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absolve

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To free from guilt or shame

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Exonerate

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Free from blame or guilt

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Vindicate

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Fr e from blame

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Exculpate

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Clear from guilt

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Bombastic

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Grand in speech

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Ostentatious

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Intended to attract attention

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Egotistical

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Characterize to be selfish

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Pretentious

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Pretending to be important

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Panache

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Grand or flamboyant

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Factious

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Split

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Sedition

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Rebellious

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Insurgency

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Rebellion in group

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Insurrection

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Act of rebellion

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Inexorable

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Impossible to stop

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Recalcitrant

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Uncooperative

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Contumacious

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Stubbornly disobedient to authority

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Intractable

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Hard to control

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Diffident

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Shy because of lack of confidence

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Timorous

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Show nervousness, fear

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Trepidation

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Fear something will happen

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Demure

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Shy

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Bashful

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Shy, timid

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Indulgent

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Characterized by or showing desire

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Profligate

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Utterly and shamelessly immoral

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Prodigal

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Waste fully or recklessly extravagant

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Dussolute

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Immoral conduct

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Decadent

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Characterized as moral

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Improvident

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Not cautious

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Wayward

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Disobedient

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Hubris

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Arrogance

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Supercilious

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Scornfully arrogant

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Elitist

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Consider superior by others or by themselves

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Haughty

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Scornfully arrogant

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Pedantic

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Overly concerned with details in learning

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Condescending

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Arrogant

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Patronizing

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Displaying arrogance

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Tempered

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Having a temper

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Modest

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Humble

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Self-effacing

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Act of keeping oneself in the background

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Humble

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Not proud or arrogant

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Humility

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Quality of being humble

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Obsequious

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Willingness or eagerness to please

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Fawning

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To seek notice

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Sycophantic

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Selfish

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Ingratiating

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Deliberately meant to gain favor

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Subservient

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Wanting to please

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Pandering

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Gratify or indulge

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Intrepid

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Fearless

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Temerity

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Reckless boldness

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Indomitable

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Can’t be defeated

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Valiant

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Brave

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Ascetic

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Dedicated to self improvement

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Spartan

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Brave

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Austere

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Strict

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Stringent

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Strict

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Temperate

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Moderate

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abstemious

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Moderate in eating or drinking

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Moderate

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Not extreme