List 1 Flashcards

(33 cards)

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Remuneration

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Payment for work done

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Bilk

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Cheat; defraud

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Engender

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Cause

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Abasement

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Humiliation; degradation

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Harangue

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Noisy, attacking speech

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Replete

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Full

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Abrogate

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Cancel; deny; repeal

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Harbingers

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Indicators; bringers of warnings

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Labyrinthine

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Complicated; highly convoluted

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Nuzzle

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Cuddle; snuggle

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Plaudit

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Statement giving strong praise

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Ensconce

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Establish firmly in a position

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Tawdry

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Of little value; gaudy

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Blighted

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Damaged; destroyed; ruined

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Enshroud

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Cover

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Lachrymose

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Obfuscate

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Deliberately making something difficult to understand

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Repudiate

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Abstemious

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Self-denying; refraining from inflicting

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Blithe

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Crepuscular

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Active at dawn and dusk

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Rescind

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Retract; repeal

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Temper

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To moderate; soften

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Abstruse

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Difficult to understand; obscure

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Blunderbuss
1. Ancient weapon | 2. Clumsy person
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Envenon
To cause bitterness and bad feeling
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Laconic
Using few words; brief
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Oblique
Indirect; slanting
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Bombastic
Arrogant, pompous language
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Curtail
Cut short
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Epicure
Someone who appreciates good food and drink
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Lampoon
Ridicule; spoof
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Enfranchise
Give voting rights