Kaplanpt3 Flashcards by kim c | Brainscape

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probity

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complete honesty and integrity

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profigate

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corrupt, degenerate

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proliferate

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to increase in number quickly

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propitiate

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to conciliate, appease

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pudence

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wisdom, caution, or restraint

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pulchritude

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beauty

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pusillanimous

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cowardly

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querulous

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inclined to complain, irritable

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redress

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relief from wrong or injury

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repast

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meal or mealtim

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replete

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abundantly supplied, complete

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repose

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relaxation, leisure

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requite

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to return or repay

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reticent

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silent, reserved

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ribald

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humurous in a vulgar way

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sanguine

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cheerfully optimistic

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sedition

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behavior that promotes revellion or civil disorder

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sinecure

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well paying jorb that requires little work

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slake

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to calm down or moderate

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sobriquet

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nickname

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solecism

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grammatical mistake

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specious

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deceptively attractive, seemingly plausible but fallacious

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stentorian

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extremely loud

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sublime

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lofty or grand

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sully

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to tarnish or taint

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surfeit

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excessive amount

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sybarite

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person devoted to pleasure and luxury

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Sycophant

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self serving flatterer, yes man

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symbiosis

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cooperation, mutual helpfulness

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toady

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one who flatters in hope of gaining favors

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transitory

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temporary, lasting brief time

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Trenchant

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acute, sharp, incisive

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Tyro

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beginner, novice

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Umbrage

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offense, resentment

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Unconscionable

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unscupulous, shockingly unfair or unjust

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upbraid

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to scold sharply

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usury

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practice of lending money at exorbitant rates

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Variegated

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varied, marked with different colors

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Veracity

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filled with truth and accuracy

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Vernal

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related to spring, fresh

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Vestige

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a trace, remnant

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Vicissitude

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a change or variation, fluctuation

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vim

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vitality and energy

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Vituperate

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to abuse verbally, to berate

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voluble

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talkative, speaking easily, glib

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Wan

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sickly pale

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Wanton

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undisciplined, unrestrained, reckless

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wizened

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shriveled, withered, wrinkled

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Wraith

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ghost or spector

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Zephyr

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gentle breeze, something airy or unsubstantial