week 6 wed Flashcards by Hannah Yamamoto | Brainscape

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laudable

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worthy of praise

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pertinent

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relevant

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ramshackle

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about to fall apart

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temper

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to bring down in tone

soften

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beset

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to attack from all sides

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tenable

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able to be maintained or defended

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profligate

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immorally wasteful

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tact

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skill in dealing with others

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acute

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sharp

clever

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tabulate

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to count

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travail

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painfully difficult work

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abhor

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to shrink in horror

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propitiate

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to appease, placate

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upbraid

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to criticize sharply

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salubrious

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favorable to good health

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anodyne

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pain-killer

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uncouth

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uncultured

crude

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torpid

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inactive

sluggish

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despondent

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so sad as to lack all hope

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decimate

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to destroy or kill a large part of

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aggrandize

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to enlarge

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inveterate

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established for a long time

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incarcerate

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to restrict by imprisonment

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conflagration

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a large fire

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altruistic

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unselfish

benevolent

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copious

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plentiful

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compel

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to occur by pressure

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laconic

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using few words

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emaciated

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thin bc of starvation

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incredulous

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disbelieving, skeptical

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hovel

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a living place that is filthy

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obstreperous

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noisily and stubbornly defiant

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dour

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stern and humorless

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digest

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a collection of published material

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emanate

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to send forth

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fauna

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animals

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ado

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trouble, fuss

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defile

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to corrupt

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inception

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beginning, origin

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mogul

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a rich or powerful person

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immaculate

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perfectly clean