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ETC Flashcards

1
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apposite

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appropriate

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au courant

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up to date

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futile

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pointless

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synergy

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combined action

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extol

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praise (aka laud)

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augury

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predicted event

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stultification

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becoming student

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terminus

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extreme of anything

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epistles

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letter

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tome

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book

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bourgeois

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middle class

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respendent

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beautiful

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hidebound

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rigid

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placid

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calm

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15
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larceny

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theft

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16
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embezzlement

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withholding something

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adroit

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skilled

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portend

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predict

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histrionic

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melodramatic

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hoary

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shabby, old

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hone

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sharpen and refine

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22
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whetted

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sharpen and refine

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torpid

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inactive

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rancor

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hatred

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25
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bane

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bother

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bastion

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defence

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stupefying

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shocking

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perpetuity

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forever

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ire

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anger

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30
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conflagration

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out of control crowd

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germinal

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immature

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ratify

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officially approve

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congeal

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solidify

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obeisance

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deferential respect

35
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goaded

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urged

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balabored

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a lot of detail

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alacrity

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cheerfulness

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ebullient

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cheerfulness

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torpid

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lethargic

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burnish

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polish

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levity

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lightness

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omnipotent

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all powerful

43
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demurred

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refuse

44
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waylay

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attack, get rid of

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ignominy

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embarassment

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pertinient

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relevant

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aloof

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distant

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portent

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omen/sign

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onus

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burden/weight

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sagacious

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good at giving advice

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amass

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accumulate

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excreable

A

extremely bad

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salacious

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sexual

54
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parity

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equality

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abjure

A

reject

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elusive

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difficult to find

57
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effusive

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gushy, full of emotion

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jaundiced

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bitter

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nomads

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people that travel from place to place

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surreptitiously

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sneakily

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wily

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cunning/clever

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pillage

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violence

63
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contusion

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bruise

64
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referendum

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public vote

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pious

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religious

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mercenary

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someone doing something to get paid/to get something out of it (selfish)

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numinismatist

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someone who collects coins

68
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peregrinations

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passing from one thing to the other (journey)

69
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pedant

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overly explains simple concepts

70
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venial

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sins that aren’t too bad

71
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peccadilloes

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sins that aren’t too bad

72
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volatile

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can change quickly

73
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cogitate

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ponder

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ineffable

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to extreme to be described by words

75
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ardent

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passionate

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virtuosity

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skill

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paraish

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outcast

78
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undergrid

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strengthen

79
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stygian

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dark and gloomy

80
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saturnine

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gloomy

81
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prohibitive

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impossible, expensive

82
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orate

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pompous and overblown manner

83
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resuscitation

A

bring back to life

84
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approbation

A

approval

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