Doea Word Flashcards
(75 cards)
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Expurgate
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Remove offensive parts of writing
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Yen
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Longing
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Flinch
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Hesitate
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Subdued
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Less intense
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Deft
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Neat skillful
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Fitful
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Spasmodic, occuring or done in brief itregulsr burst
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Hiatus
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Gap, interruption in duration
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Stint
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To be thrifty, alloted amount
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Discomposure
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Loss of poise
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Dissemble
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Disguise, pretend
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Concession
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The act of conceding or yielding
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Esoteric
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Hard to understand
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Receptive
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Quick and willing to receive ideas
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Imperious
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Domineering, haughty
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Retrograde
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To go backwards
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Meticulous
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Excessively careful
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Injurious
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Harmful
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acerbity
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Bitterness of speech and temper
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Condone
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Overlook, excuse
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Rebuttal
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Response with contrary evidence
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Irreproachable
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Impeccable, blameless
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Economy
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Efficiency
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Agenda
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Items of business at a meeting
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Indelible
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Unable to be deleted
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Tangential
Peripheral, only slightly connected, degressing
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Halting
Hesitant
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Nonchalance
Indifferent
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Bode
Foreshadow, portend
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Elusive
Evasive, bafilling, hard to gradp
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Correlation
Mutual relationship
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Remunerative
Compensating, rewarding
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Statute
The law enacted by the legislature
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Convention
Social or moral customs, established practice
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Remedial
Corrective
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Bemoan
Lament, disapproval of
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Superficial
Trivial, shallow
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Rectify
Set right
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Fabricate
Build, lie
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Ordinance
Decree
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Incorrigible
Not correctable
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Stigmatize
Mark as wicked
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Wax
Increase, grow
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Emulate
Innitate, rival
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Construe
Explain, interpret
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Harbor
Provide a refugeee
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Consecrate
Dedicate, sanctify
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Entail
Require, necessitate, involve
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Ulterior
Hidden
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Retrench
Cut down
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Grouse
Complain fuss
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Provincial
Pertaining to a province, limited in outlook unsophisticated
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Wily
Cunning, artful
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Contention
Claim, thesis
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Incisive
Cutting, sharp
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Reprehensible
Deserving blame
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Mode
Style
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Desultory
Aimless
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Conglomeration
Mass of material, sticking together
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Enterprising
Full of initiatives
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Animosity
Active enmity
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Fraternize
Associate in a friendly way
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Dauntless
Bold, preserving
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Dissent
Disagree (ment)
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Copious
Plentiful
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Obsolete
No longer useful
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Alleviate
Relieve
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Opportune
Timely, well chosen
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Caliber
Ability
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Contest
Dispute
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Deragatory
Disrespectful attitude
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Husband
Save, use sparingly
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Oligarchy
Government by a problematic few
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Integrity
Uprightness, wholeness
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Turmult
Commotion, riot
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Fallacious
False u
