week 8 tues Flashcards
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fop
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a person preoccupied with his clothes and manners
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rectify
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to set right
correct
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propound
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to consider
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scrupulous
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conscientious, exact
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keen
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having sharp edge
perspective
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quaff
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to drink enthusiastically
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evince
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to give outward evidence of
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admonish
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to warn so that a fault can be corrected
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augment
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to make larger
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modicum
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small quantity
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bombast
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pompous speech
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veneer
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an attractive, misleading outward layer
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sacrosanct
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very holy
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prolix
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wordy
tedious
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traverse
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to travel over
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impetus
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an impelling or originating force
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eponym
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a person who something is named after
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dreary
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depressing and boring
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androgynous
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both male and female
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optimum
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the most favorable point
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sate
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to satisfy
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stricture
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a restraint or limit
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ruse
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an action intended to deceive
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fickle
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unreliable in faith
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declaim
to recite a poem, speech, etc
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exert
to bring forth
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grove,
to beg
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obfuscate
to make difficult to understand
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discursive
covering a wide range of subjects
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limpid
transparent
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divulge
to reveal
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philanderer
a man who has sex
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remiss
careless in, negligent about
