Word List 06 Deck 2 Page 3 Flashcards

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Colloquial

A

Informal but common speech

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Commend

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To praise

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Compliant

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Giving in to others

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Condescend

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To talk down to

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Confiscate

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To take away

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Congenial

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Pleasant

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Conscript

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To force into service

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Contentious

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Argumentative

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Conusion

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Bruise

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Corpulent

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Fat

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Cosmopolitan

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  1. Sophisticated

2. From the city

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12
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Crest

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Peak

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13
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Cupidity

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Greed

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14
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Dart

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To move quickly

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Debauchery

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Corruption

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Decorum

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Proper Behvaior

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Defector

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One who leaves his or her side to join the enemy

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Defy

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To resist openly

19
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Demographer

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An expert on population statistics

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Deprecate

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To criticize

21
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Despise

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To hate

22
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Determinate

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Definite

23
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Dialect

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Regional variety of a language

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Didactic

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Intended to teach