Week 30 Flashcards by Chyna Charles | Brainscape

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Extinct

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No longer existing

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Idyllic

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Simple, peaceful

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Galvanize

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Excite or arouse to activity

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Encumbrance

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Burden, handicap, load

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Gaudy

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Showy, flashy

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Condescend

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Stoop, lower oneself

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Candor

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Frankness, honesty

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Mortify

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Embarrass, humiliate

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Jocose

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Humorous, merry

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Malign

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Abuse, slander

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Omnipotent

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Almighty, unlimited in power or authority

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Zenith

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Summit, top, prime

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Fledgling

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Little known, newly developed

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Peremptory

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Absolute, compulsory, binding

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Precedent

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Custom, model

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Wheedle

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Coax, persuade, cajole

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Rustic

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Countrified, unpolished

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Jubilant

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Joyful, in high spirits

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Decorum

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Politeness, correct behavior

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Charlatan

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Pretender, fraud