APLAC Vocabulary 10 Flashcards
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Circumlocution
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An unnecessarily wordy or evasive form of expression, roundabout
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Circuitous
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Indirect, roundabout, circular
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Deleterious
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Having a harmful effect; injurious, destructive, pernicious
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Extenuating
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Lessening the seriousness of, justifying
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Inchoate
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Unformed or undeveloped; incomplete, incipient
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Largesse
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Generosity
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Luminous
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Bright; full of light, brilliant
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Majordomo
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Follower, Butler
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Perambulate
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To walk about, stroll
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Prevaricate
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To lie; mislead, evade
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Propriety
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Appropriateness, decency, correctness
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Timorous
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Timid
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Tremulous
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Timid; fearful
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Untenable
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Incapable of being defended
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Veneer
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Any thin, attractive surface layer
