Vocab Master List 04 Flashcards by Eric Stevens | Brainscape

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ignoble

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low moral standard

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deference

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respect

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apposite

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suitable

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diaphanous

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transparent

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curmudgeon

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grumpy person

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Altruistic

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Unselfish

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qualm

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hesitation

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foment

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stir up

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exacerbate

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aggravate

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satiate

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supply in excess

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acrid

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bitter

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calumny

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slander

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sycophant

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a self-serving flatterer

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wane

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to decrease

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dote

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to express excessive love

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discountenance

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disallow

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ostentatious

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intended to attract notice

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pedagogy

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the principles of teaching

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expostulate

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offer strong objections

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slake

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to allay (relieve) a feeling by satisfying

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inveigle

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to obtain by deception

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orotund

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pompous speech

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peruse

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to examine something

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ambivalence

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uncertainty

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repugnance

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strongly dislike

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deplore

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strongly lament (regret)

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coerce

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compel by force

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preclude

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to prevent

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stolid

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unemotional

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preen

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to dress

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inimical

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unfavorable

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occlude

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to close

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rarefy

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to refine

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polemical

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a controversial argument

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assay

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to analyze

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impetus

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a driving force

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recompense

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payment in return for something

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invective

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a violent censure or reproach

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encomium

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high praise

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abdicate

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to relinquish a position

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pernicious

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hurtful

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grandiloquence

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pompous speech

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perfidious

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deceitful

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estimable

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worthy of esteem

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din

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noisy clamor

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affable

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friendly

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neophyte

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new convert

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mendicant

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a beggar

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bedizen

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to dress in a gaudy manner

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presage

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forwarn of