1 Flashcards

(40 cards)

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Apt

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Appropriate; fitting

Likely

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Buttress

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To provide a structure with supports

To reinforce

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Caustic

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Harshly critical

Burning

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Condescend

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To talk down; to act patronizing

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Consummate

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To fulfill or complete

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Contend

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To Complete

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Correspondence

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Writing communication

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Crude

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Crass; vulgar

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Diplomatic

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Relating to negotiations or internal relations

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Endure

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To tolerate

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Facile

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Easy

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Faction

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A group united by a common cause within a larger group

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Farce

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An exaggerated comedy

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Gall

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Bold or impertinent behavior

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Incendiary

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Causing fire

Stirring up trouble

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Livid

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Extremely angry

Pale

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Niche

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A space scoop out of a wall

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Opaque

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Oversight

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Careless mistake

Supervision

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Pliable/pliant

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Bendable

Submissive

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Rave

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To express enthusiasm about

To talk irrationally

Highly positive

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Rigor

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Severity; strictness

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Rouse

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Vex

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Subordinate
One under someone else's control
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Vindicate
To clear of wrongdoing
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Willful
Intentional Stubborn
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Bout
A match between opponents
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Discern
To perceive
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Fabricate
To lie
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Overture
Introduction to a work of art, especially musical
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Patron
A customer
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Vain
Useless
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Chasm
A deep opening or crack in a structure or geological formation.
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Confer
To grant or bestow
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Felicity
Happiness
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Incumbent
Resting or leaning against something
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Leaven
A substance used to make bread rice An element that has a positive influence
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Taint
To Spoil
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Veneer
Thin covering