Week 2 Vocab Flashcards by Braxton Rogers | Brainscape

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Rough; coarse; harsh

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Abrasive

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To cheat; defraud

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Bilk

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Hidden; undercover

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Covert

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Something subtle; a fine shade of meaning

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Nuance

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Taking credit for someone else’s writing or ideas

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Plagiarize

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Fame

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Renown

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Diverting from the main subject

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Tangent

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Humiliation; degradation

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Abasement

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Swelling; fluttering; waving

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Billowing

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To recoil in fear or servility; shrink away from

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Cower

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Improve; make better or clearer

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Enhance

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A maze

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Labyrinth

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To counter; make unimportant

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Nullify

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Full

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Replete

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Something that can be held or manipulated

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Tangible

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