Word set - Week 15 Flashcards

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Liquidation

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Disposal of, killing

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Complicity

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Partnership in wrongdoing

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Accomplice

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An associate in crime

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Recant

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Withdraw previous statements

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Culpable

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Deserving blame, blameworthy, censurable, reprehensible

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Abrogate

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Abolish, annul, cancel, dissolve, quash, repeal, rescind, void

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Alleged

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Reported, supposed

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Access

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Admittance

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Invalidate

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To deprive of legal force, to nullify

Synonyms: abrogate, annul, negate

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Preclude

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Prevent, avert, obviate, help, forestall

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Persevere

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Persist

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Landmark

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Historic, turning point of a period

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Extrinsic

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Foreign, external, coming from outside

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Declaim

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Speak loudly in formal manner, discourse, lecture, orate

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Fetter

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To hamper, to restraint from motion, action, or progress, curb

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15
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Paragon

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Model of excellence, nonpareil

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Nomadic

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Wandering, roaming, vagabond, vagrant

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Asperity

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Harshness of temper, acrimony, bitterness, virulence

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Epithet

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Descriptive name

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Controversial

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Debatable, disputable