List 1 Flashcards by Kate pline

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enfranchise

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give voting rights

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hamper

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hinder, obstruct, impede

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placid

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calm, peaceful

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remuneration

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payment for work done

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bilk

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cheat, defraud, evade payment, frustrate

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engender

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cause

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knotty

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complex, difficult to solve

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renown

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fame

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abasement

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humiliation, degradation

abase - to lower in rank

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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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plaudit

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statement giving strong praise

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reprehensible

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shameful, very bad

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ensconce

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establish firmly in a position

to settle securely/snugly

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obdurate

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stubborn

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reprieve

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respite, postponement of a sentence

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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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credulous

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gullible

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haughtiness

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arrogance, pride

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lachrymose

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tearful, sad

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obfuscate

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deliberately make something difficult to understand

repudiate

shun, eschew (keep away from)

tedium

boredom

abstemious

self denying, refraining from indulgence

blithe

free-spirited, carefree

crepuscular

active at dawn and dusk

rescind

retract/repeal

temper

to moderate, soften

abstruse

difficult to understand, obscure

blunderbuss

clumsy person

envenom

cause bitterness or bad feeling

hedonism

self-indulgent | hedonist - pleasure seeker

laconic

brief, to the point

oblique

indirect

resignation

acceptance of fate

tenacious

stubborn

ephemeral

short-lived

lamentation

expression of regret/sorrow

acquiesce

to agree to, to give in to

bombast

arrogant, pompous language

epicure

someone who appreciates good food/drink

lampoon

ridicule, spoof

tenuous

flimsy, not solid