Week 38 Flashcards

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stigmatize

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to mark with a disgrace

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foist

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pass off slyly, pass as genuine

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capitulate

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surrender, make terms

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audacity

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boldness, daring

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tantalize

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tease or torment by offering something good, but not deliver

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castles in the air

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dream about some wonderful future

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retort

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to answer, reply

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reticent

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silent or reserved

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tacit

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understood, implied, not stated

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chicanery

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trickery, underhandedness

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docile

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easy to manage

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to maintain the status quo

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to keep things as they are

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glib

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smooth of speech

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homogeneous

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same or uniform

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malleable

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capable of being shaped or formed

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legerdemain

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sleight of hand, deceptive adroitness

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trend

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general direction

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by hook or by crook

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any way at all, at any cost

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stagnant

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motionless, dull, inactive

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fatal

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deadly, disastrous

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passe

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outmoded, old-fashioned

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procrastinate

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delay, put off

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facet

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one side or view of person or situation

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to get on the wrong side of the bed

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to be in a bad mood