Week Twenty Nine Flashcards

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lagniappe

(noun) - an extra or unexpected gift or gratuity

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Synonyms: bonus, windfall

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inveigled

(verb) - to entice, lure, or snare by flattery or artful inducements

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Synonyms: induced, cajole

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prolix

(adj) - very lengthy description, long-winded and wordy

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Synonyms: verbose, superfluous, garrulous

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sycophant

(noun) - suck-up, someone who attempts to win favors or advance him-self by flattery or servile behavior.

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Synonyms: yes-man, toady, bootlicker, flunky

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tautology

(noun) - needless repetition of an idea by using different but equivalent words

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Synonyms: prolixity, superfluity, overabundance

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