William's Words Flashcards by Steven Ma | Brainscape

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Affable

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Social and well liked

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Abstemious

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Note root word similar to abstinent and therefore meaning not self indulgent

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Intemperate

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Excessive, opposite is temperate

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Vacillation

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Indecision

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Probity

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Integrity

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Interlocutor

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Someone engaged in a conversation

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Pernicious

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Harmful in a gradual way, cancer, food

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Tranche

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Portion of something usually money

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Fugacious, evanescent

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Fleeting, very quickly passing out of one’s state

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Cordon

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Line of police/ barrier

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Alderman

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Elected member of a municipality

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Redoubt

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Temporary fortification

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Screed

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Long tedious speech

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Pundit

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Expert or specialist

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Estimable

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Worthy of respect

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Piquant

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Intriguing/ appetising

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Querulous

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Complaining in a petulant (childish) way

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Recreant

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Cowardly

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Dilatory

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Slow to act

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Fastidious

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Meticulous, punctual

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Obstreperous

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Noisy and difficult to control

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Reprisal

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Retaliation

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Approbation

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Approval

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Implacable

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Cannot be made angry

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Enervate

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Lacking energy

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Augury

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An omen

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Vituperate

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Insult aggressively

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Buffeting

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Hitting repeatedly

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Penitence

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Contrition/repentance

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Liminal

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Relating to a threshold/ transitional

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Apostate

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Traitorous ( as an adj)

Dissenter (noun)