APLAC Vocabulary 14 Flashcards
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Boondoggle
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Unnecessary, wasteful work
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Artisan
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Skilled manual worker; craftsperson
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Indiscernible
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Imperceptible; not able to be seen, indistinguishable
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Opprobrium
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Disgrace; infamy; reproach
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Phlegmatic
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Unemotional; apathetic; sluggish; placid
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Potentate
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Monarch; sovereign
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Protégé
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A person under the guidance or training of another; apprentice
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Reciprocate
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To give in response to something received
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Repugnant
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Offensive; repulsive; aversion
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Schism
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Separation; discord; division, fissure
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Somnambulism
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Sleepwalking
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Supine
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Lying on one’s back; horizontal
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Tenable
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Defensible
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Virulent
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Extremely infectious; malignant; venomous
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Vituperative
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Fault-finding; verbally abusive; abusive
