Week 44 Flashcards by Shadow Bird | Brainscape

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Nullify

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Abolish, cancel

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Deluge

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To flood

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Futility

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Uselessness

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Carnage

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Slaughter

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Technology

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Applied science

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Libel

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Degradation by writing or publishing

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Defamatory

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Damaging character by false reports

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Plaintiff

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The complaining party

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Canard

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A made-up sensational story

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Deprecate

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Express disapproval

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Reputed

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Thought, supposed, believed

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Frail

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Delicate, weak

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Potent

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Powerful, strong, intense

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Excoriate

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Criticize severly

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Devout

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Religious, sincere

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Diminutive

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Tiny, small

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Profuse

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Overflowing, abundant

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Dulcet

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Sweet or melodious to the ear

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Impromptu

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Spur of the moment, offhand

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Malevolent

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Ill-disposed, ill-intentioned