Manhattan 500 Flashcards

(60 cards)

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adumbrate

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reveal only partial, onscure

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Affectations

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fake behaviour

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antedate

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be older

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apocryphal

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of questionable authenticity

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approbation

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formal approval or praise

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arrogate

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to take without the right to do so

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asperity

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sharpness of tone

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aspersions

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damaging remarks

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augury

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telling future through supernatural means

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aver

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declare

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axiom

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self evident truth requiring no evidence

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belie

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contradict or misrepresent

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bilk

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cheat or fraud

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blight

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disease that kills plants rapidly, ruin or cause to wither

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blithe

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joyous, merry, excessively carefree

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brook

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suffer

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brandish

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shake wave or flourish as a weapon

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circumspect

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cautious

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cloying

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disgustingly sweet

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compendium

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concise but complete summary

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condone

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accept (behaviour that is considered morally wrong or offensive).

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22
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confer

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consult

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contumacious

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rebellious, stubbornly disobedient

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covert

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secret veiled undercover

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declaim
give a formal speech
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declivity
downward slope
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opp of declivity is
crescendo
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delimit
fix
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diaphanous
very sheer; fine, translucent
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din
loud confused noise for a long period of time
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disabuse
persuade (someone) that an idea or belief is mistaken. | "he quickly disabused me of my fanciful notions"
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discriminating
having or showing refined taste or good judgement.
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disingenuous
not sincere
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disparage
belittle, put down
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disparate
distinct, different
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dissemble
mislead
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distaff
female
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distend
swell, expand, bloat
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dither
act indecisively
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diurnal
happening in the day
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divest
deprive or strip naked of
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doff
remove one's hat as a gesture
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dyspeptic
suffering from the indigestion
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efficacy
the quality of being able to produce the intended result
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effrontery
shameless boldness
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egress
an exit or action of exiting
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encomium
a formal expression of praise
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exculpate
clear from guilt or blame
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exigent
excessively demanding
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expurgate
censor
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extraneous
irrelevant
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facetious
joking
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Fastidious
excessively particular
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fatuous
foolish in a complacent manner
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fecund
fertile
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fetid, noisome, molodorous
having an offensive smell
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ford
a shallow end of the river where the waters are shallow enough to cross
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fortuitous
lucky
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fractious
irritable, unruly
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furtive
done secretly