Week 6 Flashcards

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Collusion

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Illegal cooperation, to cheat others

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2
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Aspersion

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Negative feeling

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3
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Decorous

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Good and correct

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4
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Detritus

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Rubbish

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5
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Diaphanous

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Thin and transparent

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6
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Dilettante

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Person who dabbles in art

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7
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Epitomizes

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Acts as a typical example of

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8
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Indecorous

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Not well-behaved, lacking in dignity

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9
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Indigence

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Extreme poverty

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10
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Jungoism

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Using words to stir up patrotism

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11
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Loquacious

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Talkative, using too many words

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12
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Mendicancy

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Begging

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13
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Nascent

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Just begun

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14
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Orthographical

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Concerned with writing and pselling

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15
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Ossified

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fixed and rigid

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16
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Perfidy

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Treachery, betrayal

17
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Porfligracy

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Wasteful and immoral behavior

18
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Respite

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Break

19
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Supercilious

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Arrogant

20
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Variegated

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Multicolored