Vocab Master List 03 Flashcards by Eric Stevens | Brainscape

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specious

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deceivingly good

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refractory

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stubbornly disobedient

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sordid

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vile

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quotidian

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daily

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blithe

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carefree

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inveterate

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deep rooted

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mollify

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to calm down

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disencumber

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to free from a burden

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noisome

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nasty

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saturnine

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gloomy

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craven

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cowardly

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supplicant

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a beggar

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belie

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to show to be false

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sate

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to satisfy fully

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depredation

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robbery, plundering

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bombastic

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pretentious, inflated

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pusillanimous

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cowardly

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sinecure

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an easy job

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indigent

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poor

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avarice

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greed

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asseverate

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to declare earnestly

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recondite

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obscure

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erudite

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scholarly

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coy

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flirtatiously shy

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stark

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utter

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impugn

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challenge as false

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disconsolate

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sad

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scurvy

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despicable

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abrade

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to wear down

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paucity

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scarcity

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squalid

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dirty

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licentious

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unrestrained

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panegyric

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elaborate praise

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prescience

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foresight

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precept

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maxim (a rule of conduct)

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pedantic

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overly concerned with minute details

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aspersion

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slander

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pious

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respect

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turbid

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obscured

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altruistic

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unselfishly concerned for others

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wry

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twisted to one side; dryly humorous

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pundit

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expert

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foment

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to foster

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demur

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to object

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rue

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regret

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expatiate

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speak/write at great length

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garrulous

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excessively talkative

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brook

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to tolerate

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vestige

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a remnant of something no longer in existence

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misanthrope

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hater of humankind