Word List 8 Flashcards by Christy Ro | Brainscape

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colloquial

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local and informal (used of language)

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dotard

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foolish old man

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misnomer

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wrong name

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percipient

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perceptive, insightful

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quaff

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drink down quickly

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vilification

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blackening someone’s name

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atrophy

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waste away from lack of use

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collusion

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plotting and planning

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drawl

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speak slowly with words running together

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furtive

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hidden, secret

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insurgent

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a rebel

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misogynist

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hater of women

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perdition

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damnation

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vindicate

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prove right; remove blame

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attenuate

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weaken

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commandeer

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take possession of

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drivel

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nonsense

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interminable

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never-ending

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misrepresentation

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deliberately deceiving

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peremptory

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in a commanding manner

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quaint

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picturesque

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stevedore

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dockworker

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virtuoso

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an accomplished musician

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augment

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increase; make bigger

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complacent

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self-satisfied; smug

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droll

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dryly amusing

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galleon

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ancient type of sailing ship

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mitigate

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lessen; make less severe

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perfidy

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treachery

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quandary

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dilemma, puzzle

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virulent

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dangerous, harmful

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auspicious

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favorable; promising to turn out well

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compliant

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easy to control; submissive

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gambol

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frolic; leap; bound

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intransigence

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stubbornness

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perfunctory

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superficial; cursory

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austere

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severely plain

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concatenate

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link together

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intransigent

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stubborn; unyielding

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peripatetic

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nomadic; moving from place to place

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quarry

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something that is hunted; mine for stone

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stoke

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add fuel to; strengthen

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vitriolic

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corrosive; strongly attacking

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aversion

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a dislike of

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concatenation

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linking into chains

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garish

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gaudy

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intrepid

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brave

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querulous

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always complaining

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stolid

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impassive; dull; indifferent

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balk

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hinder and prevent; hesitate over

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conciliate

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to bring together; end a dispute

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inveterate

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habitual

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moratorium

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temporary prohibition or halt to activity

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ebullient

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very lively; cheerful; jovial; happy

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garrulous

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talkative

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invidious

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arousing envy

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moribund

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on the point of death

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pernicious

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destructive, harmful

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ramble

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wander aimlessly

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strident

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loud and harsh

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vociferous

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noisy; loud in speech

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gaunt

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emaciated; bony and angular

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inviolable

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cannot be invaded

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morose

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gloomy; bad-tempered

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persnickety

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fastidious; fussy

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ramifications

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branches; subdivisions of a complex system; outcomes

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stringent

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strict, severe

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volatile

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evaporates easily