week 6 wed Flashcards
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laudable
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worthy of praise
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pertinent
A
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
A
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
A
sharp
clever
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tabulate
A
to count
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travail
A
painfully difficult work
12
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abhor
A
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
A
favorable to good health
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anodyne
A
pain-killer
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uncouth
A
uncultured
crude
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torpid
A
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
unselfish
| benevolent
26
copious
plentiful
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compel
to occur by pressure
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laconic
using few words
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emaciated
thin bc of starvation
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incredulous
disbelieving, skeptical
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hovel
a living place that is filthy
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obstreperous
noisily and stubbornly defiant
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dour
stern and humorless
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digest
a collection of published material
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emanate
to send forth
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fauna
animals
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ado
trouble, fuss
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defile
to corrupt
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inception
beginning, origin
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mogul
a rich or powerful person
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immaculate
perfectly clean
