week 3 Flashcards by erick madriz | Brainscape

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infamous

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famous for a bad reason

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jostle

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to shove hard

i jostle emir at practice

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dupe

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a person easily tricked

i dupe my brother for 20 dollars

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incipient

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just beginning to exist

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inadvertent

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heedless not attentive

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ominous

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threatening

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tremulous

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quivering

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repudiate

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to reject decline

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cessation

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a stopping

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bristle

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stiffen with fear or anger

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euphemism

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a less offensive term

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mundane

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worldly/boring

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incongruous

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inappropriate

doesn’t line up

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condolence

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to specify a condition

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stipulate

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pity

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loathe

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to hate

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reprimand

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to show sharpe disapproval

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lackluster

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dull

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caustic

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sarcastic biting

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wrest

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to take by force

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crocodile tears

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acting sad be really happy