Sadlier G Flashcards by Elizabeth Alzoni

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Eschew

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To avoid, shun, keep away from

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Arrogate

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To claim or take without right, commandeer

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Histrionic

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Theatrical, melodramatic

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Pejorative

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Tending to make worse, derogatory, expressing disapproval

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Dissemble

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Disguise or conceal, feign

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Propinquity

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Nearness, similarity

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Evince

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Exhibit, display clearly, to make evident

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Delineate

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To portray, sketch, picture, render

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Enervate

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Enfeeble, impair, cripple

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Abject

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Degraded, miserable, wretched

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Perspicacity

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Keenness in observing and understanding

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Plenary

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Complete in all aspects or essentials, absolute, unrestricted

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Demur

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To object or take exception to, protest

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Effrontery

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Shameless boldness, impudence, impertinence, nerve

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Pertinacious

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Very persistent, stubborn, determined

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Badinage

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Light and playful conversation

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Saturnine

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Gloomy, morose

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Calumniate

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To slander, defame, accuse falsely

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Chary

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Extremely cautious, skittish, reserved, hesitant

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Redolent

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Reminiscent, aromatic, fragrant, evocative

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Refulgent

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Shining, radiant, splendid

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Tyro

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Beginner, novice

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Attenuate

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To make thin or slender, dilute

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Cavil

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Carp, criticism, nitpick

Peremptory

Unconditional, determined, resolute

Abrogate

To repeal, cancel, revoke

Inexorable

Inflexible, unyielding, relentless

Importune

To trouble with demands, beg, implore

Laconic

Concise, using a few words, succinct

Mendacious

Untruthful, false

Nadir

Lowest point

Abstruse

Extremely difficult to understand

Canard

False rumor, hoax

Cynosure

Center of interest, focus

Desiccated

Dehydrated, shriveled

Engender

To bring into existence, give rise to, generate, cause

Putative

Reputed, supposed, presumed

Febrile

Feverish, frenetic

Gainsay

To deny, dispute, oppose, contradict

Nostrum

Remedy, elixir, cure all

Aperture

An opening, hole, gap

Improvident

Not thrifty, failing to plan ahead

Mutable

Fickle, variable

Nascent

Just beginning to exist, develop

Panegyric

Tribute, praise

Promulgate

Announce, make known

Restive

Restless, uneasy