Vocab Master List 10 Flashcards by Eric Stevens | Brainscape

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fractious

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troubling

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recreant

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cowardly

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staid

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settled

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efficacy

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effectiveness

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seraphic

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serene

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obviate

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to avoid

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pragmatic

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practical

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ostensible

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professed

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impecunious

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poor

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glib

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fluent and easy

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paradigm

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a standard

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inure

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to accustom to hardship

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inerrancy

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infallibility

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enigmatic

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puzzling

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improbity

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lack of integrity

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stanch

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to stop

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torpid

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apathetic

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resolute

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determined

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indemnified

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compensated for loss

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peroration

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a long pompous speech

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impassive

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apathetic

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fetter

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anything that confines

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palliate

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to make less severe

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halcyon

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peaceful

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blandish

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to influence by flattery

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gambit

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opening move

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pillory

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to expose to public ridicule

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missive

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a written message

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declivity

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a downward slope

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prosaic

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commonplace

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presage

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an omen

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skiff

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small boat

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puerile

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childish

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forbearing

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tolerant

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venal

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corruptible

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monolithic

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forming a single unit

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brazen

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insolent (boldly rude)

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gauche

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tactless

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broach

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to mention for the first time

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picayune

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insignificant

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quotidian

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routine

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ruminate

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ponder

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profligate

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immoral; excessively wasteful

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monotony

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wearisome uniformity

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promulgate

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to proclaim

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pellucid

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clear

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capitulate

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to surrender

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umbrage

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shadow

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solecism

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not in good taste, an error

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capricious

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erratic