High freq words Flashcards by Cynthia Gudino

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conciliatory

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making or willing to make agreements

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tenuous

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thin, tender, like a spider web

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transgression

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something that is against a command or law

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intransigence

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stubborn refusal to compromise or change

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equivocate

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be diliberalty ambigous or unclear

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facetious

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joke with sarcasm

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immutable

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not changeable

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prohibitive

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discourage

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pedantic

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scholarly

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abate

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become less in amount of intensity

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malinger

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pretending to be sick

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belie

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to contradict, to decieve by lying

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disparage

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belittle

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invective

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abusive language used to express blame or censure

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flout

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treat with contemptuous disregard

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sanction

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give authority or permission to

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propitiate

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to make peace with

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futile

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producing no result

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compendium

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collection

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felicitous

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happy

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reprobate

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deviating from what is considered moral or right or proper

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irresolute

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uncertain how to act or proceed

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harangue

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address forcefully

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sage

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wise and judicious

disseminate

cause to become widely known

gainsay

take exception to

abeyance

cessation or suspension

goad

stab or urge on

abstemious

not self indulgent, disciplined

commensurate

corresponding in size or degree

divest

take away `

alacrity

liveliness and eagerness

ebullien t

joyously unrestrained

contention

heated disagreement

mendacious

lying

penchant

strong liking

fatuous

foolish

boorish

ill mannered

intransigence

not willing to compromis e

proscribe

command against

stint

supply sparingly

truculence

eager or quick to argue or fight

reverent

feeling or showing profound respect or veneration

prevaricate

to lie

recalcitrant

stubborn, not cooperativng with authority

refractory

stubbornly resistant to authority

soporific

sleep inducing

patrons

rich supporters

brazen

bold and without shame

panegyric

public speech

irreverent

showing a lack of respect for people

officious

assertive in an annoying way | sales man

vigilant

keeping a look out for harm

torpor

sluggish, no energy

jocosity

jokes

redolent

suggestive, reminisent

shrouded

cover

apoplectic

overcome with anger

inconspicuous

not visible