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Word List 21 Flashcards

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gambit

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n. opening in chess with a piece is sacrificed; prologue

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balk

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v. to hinder, foil or thwart

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perennial

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n. something that is continuing and recurrent

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hoodwink

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v. to deceive or delude

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churlish

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adj. boorish

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insomnia

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n. wakefulness

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obfuscate

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v. to bewilder, confuse

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queasy

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adj. easily nauseated

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protege

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n. person receiving protection

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quiver

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v. to shake

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bicameral

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adj. two-chambered

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effervescence

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adj. to be jubilant

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hamper

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v. hinder

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tribute

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n. tax

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loathe

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v. detest

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quagmire

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soft, wet, boggy land

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cower

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v. shrink quiver

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hilarity

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n. mirth

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plethora

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n. excess; overabundance

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divest

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v. strip, deprieve

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21
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reprobate

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n. a person hardened in sin

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dutiful

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adj. to be respectful and obedient

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accede

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v. agree

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infirmity

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n. weakness

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motif

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n. theme

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dissident

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adj. dissenting; rebellious

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centripetal

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adj. towards the center

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cadaverous

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adj. like a corpose

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wrath

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n. anger, fury

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abdicate

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v. to renounce, abjure

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astringent

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adj. to be binding; causing contraction

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beautitude

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n. blessedness

33
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bedizen

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v. dress with vulgar finery

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litigation

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n. lawsuit

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acidulous

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adj. slightly sour

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kindred

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adj. ti be akin to

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jocose

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adj. given to joking

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facsimile

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n. copy

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deadpan

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adj. to be wooden or impersonal

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emissary

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n. agent

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genealogy

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n. record of descent

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detrimental

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adj. harmful; damaging

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brindled

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adj. tawny or grayish with streaks or spots

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innuendo

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n. hint, insinuation

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practitioner

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n. someone engaged in profession

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guileness

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adj. candid

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miasima

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n. swamp gas; heavy, vaporous atomsphere

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liquidate

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v. settle accounts; clear up

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tenuous

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adj. to be thin and rare

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momentum

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n. quantity of motion of a moving body

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truncate

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v. to cut the top of

52
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harass

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v. annoy by repeated attacks

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allegiance

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n. loyalty

54
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wallow

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v. to roll

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ardent

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adj. to be zealous

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unprepossession

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adj. unattractive

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fodder

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n. coarse food for cattle

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omnivorous

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adj. devouring everyting

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vigor

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n. active strength

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oaf

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adj. stupid, akward

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fawning

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adj. courting favor by cringing and flattering

62
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truculence

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adj. bellicose

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harrowing

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adj. agonizing, distressing; traumatic

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subsistence

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n. means needed to support life

65
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insuperable

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adj. insurmountable

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bilious

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adj. suffering from indigestion

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listless

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adj. lacking in energy

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loom

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v. appear or take shape

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latent

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adj. potential but undeveloped

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savor

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v. enjoy

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jaunt

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n. trip, short journey

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germane

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adj. pertinent

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flout

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v. to reject or mock

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