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SAT Summer Intensive > Class 2 Vocab > Flashcards

Class 2 Vocab Flashcards

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Munificent

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Generous

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Mendicant

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Beggar

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Amalgamated

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Combine, merge, unite to form one organization or structure

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Syllogism

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Deductive reasoning to form a conclusion from two proposition

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Commandeer

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Officially take possession or control of

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Axiom

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Accepted truth, principle

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Portentous

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Warning, threatening, ill-omen

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Aplomb

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Self confidence, self assurance, composure during a demanding situation

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Inducement

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A thing that persuades/influences someone

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Modicum

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Small quantity of a particular thing that is valuable

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Obfuscate

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Obscure unclear

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Spate

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A large number of similar things/events that occurs in a series

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Panoply

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Complete/impressive collection of things

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Pejorative

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Expressing contempt and disapproval

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Trenchant

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Vigorous or incisive in expression or style

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Stymied

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Prevent or hinder progress of

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Sierra

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Long jagged mountain chain

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Flotilla

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Fleet of ships or boats

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Travesty

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False or distorted representation of things

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Galled

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Make someone feel annoyed

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Impugn

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Dispute the truth, validity, or honesty of a statement

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Tawdry

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Showy but cheap. Poor quality, gaudy, flash

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Resuscitation

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Revive someone from death, make something active/vigorous again

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Introspection

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Self-observation, analysis

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Leery

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Cautious, wary

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Hapless

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Unfortunate

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Subsistence

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Survival, life, food

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Dumbfounded

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Astonished, surprised

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Debilitated

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Weaken

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Unstinting

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Generous, unsparing,giving without restraint

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Prodigious

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Enormous and impressive

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Unhinging

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Throw into disorder

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Penchant

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Strong liking, tendency for something

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Defunct

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No longer existing/functioning

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Emblem

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Symbol, logo

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Disavowing

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Deny, reject

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Endemic

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Disease/condition found among a particular group of people/area

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Pomp

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Ceremony, display

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Query

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Question

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Credo

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Belief

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41
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Supplant

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Replace

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Brandish

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Show off

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Redouble

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Become bigger, more intense

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Evade

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Escape, avoid

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Disheveled

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Untidy, disordered

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Inordinate

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Large, excessive

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Melee

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Tumult, brawl

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Profusion

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Abundance of something

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Cadent

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Being in the process of falling

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Impassion

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Make passionate

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Oratory

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Rhetoric, way with words

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Turpitude

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Wickedness, immorality

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Sacrosanctity

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Sacred

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Verisimilitude

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Appearance of being true or real

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Inviolability

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Never to be broken, dishonored

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Pedagogy

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Coaching

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Mimeograph

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A printing machine with an inked drum

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Depravity

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Wickedness, immorality

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Hogdepodge

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A muddle mixture

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Victimization

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To make a victim of

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Cliches

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Trite

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Fray

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A competition or contest

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Kinship

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A relationship by nature

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Capricious

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Fickle

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Hedonist

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A person who life is devoted to the pursuit of pleasure and self gratification

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Invades

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To enter like an enemy

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Faltered

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To move unsteadily

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Municipality

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A political unit such as a city or town that incorporates self governing

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Satirize

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To attack

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Indulgent

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Having the character or tendency to be overly generous and lenient towards someone

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Pompous

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Self important, proud, conceited

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Ornate

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To decorate, something that has intricate shapes

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Platitude

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Trite

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Mournfully

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Feeling or expressing sorrow

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Disdain

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Feeling that someone is not worthy or respect, look down upon, contempt

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Garnished

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To decorate

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Tout

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Attempt to sell something

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Innocuous

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Not harmful

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Laud

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Praise highly

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Embellished

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Make something more attractive by decorating

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Connoisseur

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An expert judge in matters of taste

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Disparager

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Represent as being of little worth

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Unpalatable

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Difficult to tolerate

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Intricate

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Very complicated

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Pervasive

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Spreading widely throughout an area or group of people

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Intrepid

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Very brave, willing to risk and be in dangerous situations

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Egregious

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Extreme, beyond reasonable degree

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Cerebral

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Relating to the brain

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Pragmatist

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Someone who is practical and focused on reaching a goal

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Enervated

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Cause someone to feel drained of energy or vitality, weakened

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Dissolute

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Showing a lack of good character and morals, immoral

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Aphorism

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A short saying that is intended to express a general truth

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Paradigm

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A very clear or typical example used as a model

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Abstruse

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Difficult to understand

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Platitudinous

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Characterized by or given to platitudes

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Aplomb

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Self assurance, poise

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Expurgating

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To amend by removing words

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Pugnacious

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Inclined to quarrel

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Loquacious

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Talkative, wordy, babbling

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Vestigial

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Hidden, dormant

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Philanthropic

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Benevolent, charitable

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Acquiescent

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Passive

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Incantory

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Magic, a spell

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Diaphanous

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Used to describe a really thin and light cloth

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Variegated

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Having patches, stripes, or marks of different colors: full variety

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Disrepute

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A state of not being respected or trusted by people

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Credence

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Belief that something is true

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Dowager

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A women who inherited property or title from her dead husband, an old woman who is very formal and serious

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Usurped

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To forcefully take something

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Expropriation

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Taking privately owned property to be used for the benefit of the public

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Plasticity

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The quality of being able to be made into different shapes

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Prospectous

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A printed statement that describes something and sent to people who
wants to be involved in it

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Contiguous

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Used to describe things that can touch each other

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Anonymity

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Lack outstanding, individual and sensual features

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Impromptu

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Done without being planned

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Unflappable

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Having or showing calmness in crisis

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Rancor

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Bitterness

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Austere

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Strict in manner, attitude or appearance

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Penchant

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Tendency to do something

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Knack

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Acquired or natural skill for performing a task

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Locutions

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Inside group

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Sedusion

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State of being private and away from other people

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Enigmatic

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Difficult to interpret or understand, mysterious

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Abrasive

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Harsh or rough in manner

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Charlatan

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Con artist

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Meticulous

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Precise

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Antipathy

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Deep feeling of dislike

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Dilettante

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Person who cultivates an interest without commitment or knowledge

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Inexplicable

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Unable to be explained

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Unadorned

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Plain

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aphorism

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General truth

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Paradigm

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Example or pattern of something, model

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Compunction

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Regret

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