Definitions Flashcards
(20 cards)
1
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Connive
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To plot, scheme
2
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Cumulative
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Increasing, building upon itself
3
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Cynical
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Believing the worst of others, esp that all acts are selfish
4
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Debase
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To lower the quality or esteem of something
5
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Decry
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To criticize openly
6
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Deferential
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Showing respect for another’s authority
7
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Demure
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Quiet, modest, reserved
8
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Deride
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To laugh at mockingly, scorn
9
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Despot
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One who had total power and rules brutally
10
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Diligent
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Showing care in doing one’s work
11
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Elated
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Overjoyed, thrilled
12
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Eloquent
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Expressive, articulate, moving
13
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Embezzle
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To steal money by falsifying records
14
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Empathy
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Sensitivity to another’s feelings as if they were one’s own
15
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Enmity
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Ill will, hatred, hostility
16
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Erudite
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Learned
17
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Extol
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To praise, revere
18
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Fabricate
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To make up, invent
19
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Feral
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Wild, savage
20
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Forsake
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To give up, renounce
