Lesson 3 Flashcards
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Devious
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Tricky; off the beaten path
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Aggrandizement
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Exaggeration
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Recapitulate
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Summarize
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Gregarious
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Social
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Purgatory
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Place for purification; cleansing
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Impediment
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Hindrance
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Abjure
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Deny under oath
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Mutable
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Changeable
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Tenuous
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Thin; unsubstantial
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Presentiment
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Premonition
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Animosity
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Hostility
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Eligible
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Qualified to be chosen
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Animal
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Creature
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Dissension
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Disagreement
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Segregation
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Separation
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Jury
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Council
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Mutant
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Changed
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Pedal
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Lever
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Sacrilege
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Disrespect
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Pedestrian
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Ordinary
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Mutation
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Change
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Election
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Vote
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Grandiloquence
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Arrogance
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Assent
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Approve
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Via
Through
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Grandiose
Affectedly grand or important; pompous
More elaborate than necessary; overblown
Grand in impressive or imposing way
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Purge
Cleanse; purify
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Extenuating
Serving to make a fault, offense etc appear less serious.
The judge gave him a mild sentence due to EXTENUATING circumstances.
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Capital
City that is official seat of government of a state
Capital letter
The wealth owned by a person or business
Capital punishment- by death
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Congregate
Come together; assemble, esp in large numbers
Formed by collecting
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Viaduct
Bridge for carrying a road, RR, etc over a valley
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Equanimity
Mental/ emotional stability or composure under strain
Calmness; equilibrium
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Jurisdiction
Power; authority; control - in a territory
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Pusillanimous
Cowardly; timid
Pusillanimous lion in WOZ....
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Decapitation
Behead
