Unit 9 Flashcards by April Chien | Brainscape

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Feckless

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worthless

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Caricature

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exaggerate portrait, cartoon

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Foment

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to give rise to

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Pretext

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a professed but false purpose; excuse

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Jargon

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gibberish; nonsense

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EDIFY

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instruct

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Remediable

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possible to cure or fix

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Hygienic

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sanitary; sterile

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Affront

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personal offense, insult

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Malady

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a disease or disorder

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Bulwark

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defense wall; anything serving as a defense

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Quagmire

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swamp

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Chagrin

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misfortune

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