Week 3 Flashcards by William An | Brainscape

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Hegemony

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Leadership

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Broach

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To open a subject for discussion

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Alacrity

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Cheerful eagerness or readiness to respond

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Deride

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To ridicule, to laugh at contemptuously

n. Derision

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Censure

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To comdemn

A condemnation

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Flout

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To disregard something out of disrespect

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Dessicate

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To dry out, enervate

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Foment

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To instigate, stir up

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Histrionic

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Overly dramatic; theatrical

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Choleric

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Hot tempered; quick to anger

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Destitute

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Extremely poor, utterly lacking

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Enervate

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To reduce the strength or energy of, especially to do so GRADUALLY

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Homily

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A sermon

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Blithe

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Carefree, cheerful

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Changrin

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Humiliation, embarrassed dissapointment

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