1-7 Flashcards by Bill Botelho

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Abet

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Assist or encourage

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Dogmatic

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Arrogant or stubborn

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Insipid

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Lacking flavor or dull

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Extraneous

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Inessential or irrelevant

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Coerce

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Force by using pressure

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Jaundiced

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Prejudiced or hostile

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Meticulous

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Extremely or meticulously

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Temerity

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Recklessness or foolishness

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Gregarious

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Sociable or fond of the company of others

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Heresy

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The crime of holding a belief that goes against

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Docile

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Easy to teach

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Libation

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A drink, specifically alcoholic

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Anathema

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A hated person or thing

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Banter

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Teasing or playful conversation

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Castigate

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To criticize or punish

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Gauche

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Tactless or awkward

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Ignominy

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Public shame or disgrace

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Motley

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Made up of dissimilar parts, varied

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Emaciated

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Extremely thin or withered

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Avarice

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Greed or desire for wealth

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Furtive

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Stealthy or secretive

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Bacchanalian

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Wild and drunken

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Extradite

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Turn over over legally

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Copious

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Numerous or profuse

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Irascible

easily angered

Mercenary

Professional soldier hired my foreign army

Bastion

Strong defense or fort

Jettison

To cast overboard or eject

Ocstracize

To banish or shut out from a group

Bigot

One who is intolerant, extemist

Expunge

Erase or eliminate

Candid

Outspoken or blunt

Argot

Special words or phrases used by specific people

Negligence

Careless often resulting in injury

Appease

To calm or satisfy

Strident

Harsh sounding

Choas

Complete disorder

Augment

To enlarge

Jingoism

Extreme

Rancor

Extreme hatred or ill will

Inexorable

Unrelenting, unavoidable

Extol

Praise highly

Clement

Merciful, lenient

Cliche

A worn out idea or overused expression

Adament

Unyielding, firm in opinion

Diffident

Lacking self confidence or shy

Opus

A creative work

Ostensible

Professed but not always true, supposed

Disparity

Inequality or difference

Condone

Forgive or overlook

Nuance

Slight or subtle difference

Connoisseur

Expert in matters of culture, food, or wine

Enigma

Mystery

Apathy

Lack of interest

Officious

Excessively eager to help

Credence

Belief or trust

Jaunty

Very confident or poised

Dilettante

An amateur

Cult

Organized group of people devoted to a person or set of principles

Cynical

Doubtful or distrustful

Ambivalent

Having opposing attitudes toward a person

Demagogue

A leader who appeals to citizens emotions to gain power

Demure

Quiet and modest

Intrepid

Without fear

Destitute

Extremely poor or lacking

Erudite

Scholarly or educated

Dilemma

Choice between two unpleasant options

Culmination

The end or climax

Concur

To agree

Divulge

Tell or reveal