Lesson 8 Flashcards
(15 cards)
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Allay
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Verb - to reduce the intensity of; pacify
2
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Ameliorate
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Verb - to make better, improve
3
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Asperity
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Noun - roughness or harshness; severity
4
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Exegesis
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Noun - an analysis; interpretation of
5
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Extradite
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Verb - to release an accused criminal to another jurisdiction
6
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Hypocrisy
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Noun - duplicity, falseness
7
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Inveigh
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Verb - to protest, oppose
8
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Lionize
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Verb - to honor or celebrate
9
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Pander
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Verb - to act as a go-between:p; to exploit weakness of others
10
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Profilgate
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Adjective - wasteful; immoral
11
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Recalcitrant
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Adjective - stubbornly resistant
12
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Renunciation
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Noun - rejection; abandonment
13
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Unimpeachable
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Adjective - beyond doubt; unquestionable
14
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Unwieldy
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Adjective - not easily held
15
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Vitiate
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Verb - to reduce the value of; to corrupt or debase
