Vocabulary # 10 Flashcards

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Blatant

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Obvious, too conspicuous

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Fallible

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Capable of error

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Dawdle

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To waste time

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Affiliate

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An associate, partner

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Fawn

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To act slavishly submissive (in favor towards)

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Calumny

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A false malicious accusation

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Berate

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To scold or rebuke severely and at length

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Minion

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A fawning, servile follower

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Desolate

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Lonely, forlorn, uninhabited, barren

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Bane

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The cause of ruin, harm, distress, or death

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Pacify

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To calm down

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Garble

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To mix or distort

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Prevaricate

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To lie

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Filch

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To steal

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Neophyte

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A beginner

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