Word List 6 Flashcards by Logan Tuminelli | Brainscape

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acquiesce

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to agree; to give in

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altruism

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goodness; selflessness

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anterior

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placed in front

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aperture

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opening, hole

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arcane

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mysterious, secret

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ascetic

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without luxuries

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bellicose

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warlike in manner

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becalmed

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made peaceful or still

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blunderbuss

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old fashioned shotgun

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catharsis

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emotional relief

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caustic

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unkind; bitter; sarcastic

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colloquial

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informal but common speech

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corpulent

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fat

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cupidity

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greed

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demographer

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expert on population statistics

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didactic

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preachy

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dirge

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funeral song

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dither

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to be indecisive

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ebullient

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bubbly

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eschew

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to avoid

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ethos

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values of a culture

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expatriate

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to remove one from their homeland

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fallow

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not plowed; unfertile

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gambol

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to jump or dance playfully

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gargantuan

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huge

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hedonist

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one who loves physical pleasures

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heretofore

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until now

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iconoclast

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one who attacks estsab

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indecorum

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lack of good manners

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intransigent

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stubborn

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lampoon

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to ridicule

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maelstorm

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giant whirlpool or violent storm

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nebulous

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vague

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obsequious

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overly submissive

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ordination

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a ceremony for initiation of a priest

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parochial

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narrow minded

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peccadillo

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small crime

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perjure

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to lie under oath

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platitude

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cliche`

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polemical

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deliberately controversial

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retrogress

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to go back to an earlier or simpler condition

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rider

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addition to a document

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sophomoric

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immature

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stasis

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state of not moving

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stoke

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to stir up and feed fuel

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stratum

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one of many layers

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subvert

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to overthrow or ruin

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torrid

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hot, passionate

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truncate

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to shorten by cutting off

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ubiquitous

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everywhere at the same time

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upbraid

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to criticize harshly

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vacillate

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to change back and forth

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workaday

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ordinary; common; boring

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zenith

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the highest point