Week Seventeen Vocab Flashcards
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tendentious
(adj) - intended to promote a particular point of view, doctrine, or cause
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Synonyms: partial
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systemic
(adj) - of or pertaining to the entire body; relating to a system or systems
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Synonyms: extensive, comprehensive
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vicissitude
(noun) - a change, variation, alteration
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Synonyms: fluctuation, vacillation
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bruit
(verb) - to spread news, reports, or unsubstantiated rumors
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Synonyms: broadcast, blazon
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contumelious
(adj) - insolent or rude in speech or behavior; insultingly abusive
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Synonyms: vituperative, scurrilous, excoriating