Week 6 Flashcards

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Exhort

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To strongly urge on, encourage

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Extenuating

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Making less guilty or more forgivable

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Zenith

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The highest point, culmination

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Bellicose

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Warlike, inclined to quarrel

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Amiable

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Friendly

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6
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Telltale

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Revealing

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Replete

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Completely stocked or furnished with something

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Affable

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Likable, easy to talk to

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Advocate

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Speak, plead or argue in favor of

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Advocate

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A person who pleads for a cause or propounds and idea

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Banish

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Expel from a community, residence, or location; drive away

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Brusquely

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In a blunt, direct manner

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Complementary

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Enhancing each others qualities (for 2 or more things)

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Convoluted

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Highly complex or intricate

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Credence

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Belief in something

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Debunk

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Expose ideas and claims especially while ridiculing

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Deliberate

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Think about carefully, weight the pros and cons of an issue

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Deride

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Treat or speak of with contempt

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Destitute

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Poor enough to need help from others

20
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Destitute

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Completely wanting or lacking (usually destitute of)

21
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Detrimental

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Causing harm or injury to

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Empathetic

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Showing understanding and ready comprehension of other peoples’ states and emotions

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Excruciating

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Extreme pain

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Glean

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Collect information bit by bit