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Lesson 9 Flashcards

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Cajole (v)

A

To urge

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Altruism (n)

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Unselfish concern for the welfare of others; generosity

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Castigate (v)

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To scold, rebuke, or harshly criticize

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Censure (v)

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To issue official blame

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Chicanery (n)

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Trickery

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Circumscribe (v)

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To draw a circle around; to restrict

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Conciliatory (adj)

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Appeasing; showing a willingness to reconcile; making peace

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Contiguous (adj)

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Sharing an edge or boundary; touching

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Credible (adj)

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Capable of being believed; plausible

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Denounce (v)

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To announce formally the termination of

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Eminent(adj)

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Distinguished; prominent

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Empathy (n)

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Identification with and understanding of another’s situation

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Exonerate (v)

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To free from blame

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Obsequious (adj)

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Overly submissive

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Incontrovertible (adj)

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Indisputable; not open to question

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Indict (v)

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To officially charge with wrongdoing or crime

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Insular (adj)

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Isolated; narrow or provincial

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Litigious (adj)

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Prone to engage in lawsuits

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Orthodox (adj)

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Adhering to the traditional and established, especially in religion

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Parity (n)

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Equality, as in amount, status, or value

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Partisan (adj)

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Devoted to or biased in support of a party, group, or cause

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Potentate (n)

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One who has the power and position to rule over others; monarch

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Reclusive (n)

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Seeking or preferring seclusion or isolation

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Rectitude (n)

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Moral uprightness; righteousness

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Relinquish (v)

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To retire from; give up or abandon

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Remiss (adj)

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Lax in attending to duty; negligent

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Renounce (v)

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To give up (a title, for example), especially by formal announcement

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Repudiate (v)

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To reject the validity or authority of

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Sanctimonious (adj)

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Falsely pious

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Scrupulous (adj)

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Principled, having a strong sense of right and wrong

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Solicitous (adj)

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Concerned

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Sophistry (n)

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Plausible but misleading or fallacious argument

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Substantiate (v)

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To support with proof or evidence; verify

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Sycophant (n)

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Insincere flatterer; suck-up

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Veracity (n)

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Adherence to the truth; truthfulness

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Vindicate (v)

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To free from blame

36
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Vituperative (adj)

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Marked by harshly abusive condemnation

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