WOD Flashcards

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perfidious

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  • adjective

- treacherous, deceitful, untrustworthy, two-faced

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detract

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  • verb

- to criticize, to speak ill of, to take away from (metaphorical)

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ghastly

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  • adjective

- shockingly frightful or dreadful

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nonpareil

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  • adjective

- without equal (especially in beauty), superior

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odious

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  • adjective

- extremely unpleasant or repulsive

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injunction

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  • noun

- command, authoritative warning or order

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folly

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  • noun

- foolishness, silly desire, excessively costly or unprofitable undertaking (not always literally)

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beseech

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  • verb

- to ask urgently, to beg, to implore

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supplant

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  • verb

- to supersede especially by force or treachery, to usurp

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perdition

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  • noun

- the state of being in hell or hellish conditions, damnation

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abstemious

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  • adjective

- to be temperate, to abstain (especially from food or drink)

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supple

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  • adjective

- bending and moving easily, flexible

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ardor

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  • noun

- enthusiasm or passion

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aspersion

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  • noun

- cutting insult or remark, slander

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