Words 8/9/12 Flashcards
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litigious
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prone to engage in lawsuits
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lucid
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easily understood
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lugubrious
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dismal, gloomy
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mar
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to damage
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martinet
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disciplinarian
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mausoleum
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impressive tomb
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mendacious
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lying
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meritorious
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praiseworthy
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modicum
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a small amount
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multifarious
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diverse
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neophyte
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amateur
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novel
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original
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nuance
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a slight shift
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obdurate
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unyielding to moral influences
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obsequious
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groveling
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pacific
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soothing
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palliative
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relieving symptoms of a disease
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parity
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equality
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partisan
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biased in support of something
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pedantic
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follows the rules
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pejorative
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insulting
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penchant
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strong liking
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perambulate
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to stroll
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peregrinate
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to roam
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perfunctory
to do without interest
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peripathetic
nomadic
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perspicacious
clear-sighted
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phlegmatic
sluggish
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pontificate
to speak pompously
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predirections
preference
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prescient
knowing before
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propitiation
satisfaction
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pugilistic
fighting with fists
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pundit
skeptic, critic
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querulous
peevish
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quiescent
inactive
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rail
scold, protest
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rancorous
showing bitterness
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raze
demolish
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reclusive
likes isolation
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rectitude
righteousness
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remiss
negligent
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remunerative
rewarding
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renounce
to give up by formal announcements
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replete
fully filled with
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reprehensible
worthy of criticism
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reprieve
temporary suspension
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resplendent
bright/shiny
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repudiate
to reject
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reticence
silence
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revelry
loud, obnoxious festivity
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sanctimonious
feigning righteousness
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sanguine
optimistic
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slipshod
sloppy
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specious
looking true, but actually false
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sporadically
occurring irregularly
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spurious
not authentic
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squelch
to squash
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staid
unemotional
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substantiate
support with evidence
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subterfuge
a way to escape something
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superciliously
disdainfully
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tedium
boredom
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temper
to strengthen
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tenacious
determined
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tenuous
loose, shaky
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therapeutic
able to cure
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thrall
to enslave
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travesty
imitation
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trepidation
fear
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unadultered
pure
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unscrupulous
deceitful
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vacillate
to waver
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vacuous
stupid
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variegated
streaks with different colors
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veracity
truthfulness
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verdant
green with vegetation
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vex
to annoy
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vibrant
bright
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vindicate
to redeem
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vituperative
marked by harsh condemnation
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vociferous
loud
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yoke
to join
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zealous
very enthusiastic
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zenith
highest point
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abstain
to refrain from
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acquiesce
to yield, give in to
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acuity
sharpness, keenness
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adroit
nimble
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adulation
adoration
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aggrieved
to be wronged
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altruism
selflessness
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amalgam
a mixture
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anodyne
something that takes away pain
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anomaly
something unique
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apparition
illusion or appearance
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arboreal
relating to trees
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ascertain
to figure out, make sure
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assimilate
to absorb, adapt, or adjust
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astute
clever
