New Vocab- List 7 Flashcards
(30 cards)
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bureaucracy
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officialdom
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degradation
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deprivation, poverty
3
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eulogy
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praise`
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hypochondriac
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a person obsessed with health, having imaginary illnesses
5
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legion
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in large numbers
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officious
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domineering, intrusive, meddlesome
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posthumous
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after death
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rigor
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thoroughness
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totter
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walk unsteadily
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adulation
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worship, great praise
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amiable
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friendly, loveable
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arable
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can be cultivated
13
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articulation
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speaking clearly
14
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autocrat
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absolute ruler, dictator
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bountiful
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generous
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callous
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cruel, hard and unfeeling
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cerebral
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concerned with thinking
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compendious
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containing a lot in a small space/ few words
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conciliatory
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bringing together, ending a dispute
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convivial
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social
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corpulence
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being fat
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dearth
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shortage
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debacles
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disasters
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demonstrative
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expressing emotion freely
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depreciatory
devaluing, criticizing
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facile
over-simplified
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floridity
floweriness in language, redness
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heterogeneity
variety, non-uniformity
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imperious
in a commanding manner
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indulgent
kindly, pampering
