Unit 14 Flashcards by Matthew Alcaraz | Brainscape

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Amenable

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Adj. willing to agree

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Berate

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V. To rebuke

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Carnage

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N. Slaughter

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Credulous

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Adj. inclined to trust too quickly

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Criterion

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N. Set standard for evaluation

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Deplete

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V. To reduce

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Expatiate

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V. To rant

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Extraneous

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Adj. irrelevant

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Inception

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N. The beginning

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Infirmity

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N. A weakness

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Jejune

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Adj. not nutritious

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Obdurate

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Adj. stubborn

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Ostensible

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Adj. looks like something but really isn’t

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Potpourri

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N. Mix of random things

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Precocious

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Adj. early development of talent

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Providential

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Adj. good fortune

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Sadistic

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Adj. gets off from other’s pain

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Sententious

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Adj. given to excessive moralizing

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Supplicate

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V. To beg

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Surfeit

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Adj. gluttony

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Tortuous

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Adj. complex

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Turgid

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Adj. very ornate