List A Flashcards

(45 cards)

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Allusion

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Reference

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Abstruse

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Hard to understand

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Animosity

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Hostility

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Buoyancy

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Lightness

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Castigated

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To criticize

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Chicanery

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Trickery

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Debilitated

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Weaken

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Demagogue

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Political leader

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Dilapidated

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Run down

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Discreet

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Careful

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Disheartened

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Disappointed

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Expurgate

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Remove

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Galling

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Annoying

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Gerrymandering

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Dividing of a state

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Hackneyed

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Commonplace

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Impermeable

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Impassable

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Paradigm

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Model

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Placid

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Calm

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Plasticity

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Pounce

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Recalcitrant

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Redundancy

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Synthesis

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Combine compose

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Unorthodox

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Unconventional

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Wrongheaded
Wrong in judgement
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Confound
Confuse
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Decry
To condemn openly
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Dirge
A funeral hymn
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Diminutive
Small
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Economical
Thrifty
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Flooding
Overflowing
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Fluctuation
Changing
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Halcyon
Happy
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Invoke
To request
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Oracular
Obscure ; prophetic
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Palpitation
Trembling/ shaking
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Prattle
Babble
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Prudent
Careful
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Quiescent
Being quiet, still, or at rest
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Raconteur
Story teller
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Renegade
Traitor
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Respite
Recess
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Sanctuary
Shelter
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Synthetic
Artificial
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Truculent
Aggressive