List 1 Flashcards by eve Besant

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Vacillate

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To waver, show indecision

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Exculpatory

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To remove guilt or blame from

To get off the hook

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Galvanized

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Spurred into action

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Peripatetic

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Walking or moving about

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Besmirch

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To bring dishonor to

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Trepidation

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Fear, apprehension

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Vacuous

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Showing lack of intelligence or emptiness

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Prodigal

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Recklessly wasteful, extravagant

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Aberration

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A deviation from the norm

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Laconic

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Brief

Using few words

Terse

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Consternation

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Great fear or shock that leaves one feeling helpless or bewildered

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Lissome

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Limber

Moving easily and gracefully

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Mellifluous

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Sounding sweet or smooth

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Pliable

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Easily influenced or bendable

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Traduce

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To say malicious or untrue things about

To slander

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Munificent

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Splendidly generous

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Adage

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An old saying that has been popularly accepted as truth

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Nadir

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Lowest point

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Curtail

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Shorten

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Maladroit

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Awkward, clumsy