Week Twenty Nine Flashcards
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lagniappe
(noun) - an extra or unexpected gift or gratuity
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Synonyms: bonus, windfall
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inveigled
(verb) - to entice, lure, or snare by flattery or artful inducements
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Synonyms: induced, cajole
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prolix
(adj) - very lengthy description, long-winded and wordy
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Synonyms: verbose, superfluous, garrulous
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sycophant
(noun) - suck-up, someone who attempts to win favors or advance him-self by flattery or servile behavior.
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Synonyms: yes-man, toady, bootlicker, flunky
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tautology
(noun) - needless repetition of an idea by using different but equivalent words
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Synonyms: prolixity, superfluity, overabundance