Lesson 8 Vocab Flashcards
(26 cards)
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Ameliorate
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(V) to make better; improve
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Allay
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(V) to reduce the intensity of; relieve; pacify
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Asperity
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(N) roughness or harshness; severity
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Exegesis
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(n) an analysis; interpretation of
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Extradite
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(V) to release an accused criminal to another jurisdiction
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Hypocrisy
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(N) two faced, falseness
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Inveigh
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(V) to protest, oppose
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Lionize
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(V) to honor or celebrate
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Pander
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(V) to act as a go-between; to exploit weakness of others
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Profligate
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Wasteful; immoral
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Recalcitrant
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(Adj) stubbornly resistant
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Renunciation
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(N) rejection; abandonment
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Unimpeachable
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(Adj) beyond doubt; unquestionable
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Unwieldy
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(Adj) not easily held
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Vitiate
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(V) to reduce the value of; to corrupt or debase
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Catharsis
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H
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Consternation
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G
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Emollient
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I
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Flay
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J
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Usurped
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K
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Vacillate
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L
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Catharsis
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H
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Emollient
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Soothing to the skin
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Vacillate
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Indecisive
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Consternation
Anxiety or dismay
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Usurp
take a position or power illegally or by force
