10/8 Flashcards

Vocab list 3

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Acrimony

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(N) bitterness or ill-feeling

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2
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Inured

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Accustomed to

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Interreterate

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(Adj) having a particular habit or interest that is unlikely to change; persistent

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Timorous

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(Adj) showing or suffering from nervousness or lack of confidence

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5
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Cow

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(V) to cause someone to submit to ones wishes by intimidation

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Astute

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(Adj) having or showing ability to accurately assess situations or people and turn this into one’s advantage

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Execrable

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(Adj) extremely bad or unpleasant

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Libel

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(N) a published false statement that is damaging to someone’s reputation
(V) defame by publishing a libel

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9
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Lambasting

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Harsh criticism

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Genteel

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(Adj) characterized by exaggerated or affected politeness, refinement or respectability

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Predixate

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(V) 1. State, affirm or assert about the subject of a sentence or an argument of a proposition
2. Found based on something

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12
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Extirpate

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(V) destroy completely

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13
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Convenant

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(N) an agreement

V) to agree (by lease, deal or other legal contract

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Enshrine

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(V) to place I’m an appropriate receptacle

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