8 Flashcards
1
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Construe
A
to make sense of
2
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Contemporaneous
A
existing in the same time period
3
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Convoluted
A
intricate
4
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Coup
A
change of government by force
5
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Decorous
A
in good taste
6
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Decry
A
to criticize
7
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Desiccated
A
dried out
8
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Derelict
A
broken down
9
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Despot
A
a cruel dictator
10
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Discomfit
A
to upset someone
11
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Guile
A
cunning
12
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Discursive
A
rambling, oderless
13
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Discrete
A
seperate
14
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Duress
A
hardship
15
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Domicile
A
a residence
16
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Efface
A
to wipe out
17
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Effulgent
A
radiant
18
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Eminent
A
distinguished
19
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Exigent
A
urgent
20
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Expedient
A
practical
21
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Extraneous
A
irrelevant
22
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Enervate
A
to weaken
23
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Hedonist
A
someone who seeks pleasure
24
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Indictment
A
being charged with a crime
25
Imperious
commanding
26
Insidious
appealing, but harmful
27
Multifarious
having great diversity
28
Peruse
to examine
29
Advent
arrival of something long awaited
30
Exuberent
joyous
31
Obsolete
no longer used
32
Inextricable
unable to be untied
33
Insular
restricted
34
Glib
a persuasive speech
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Recondite
incomprehensible
