Servis Flashcards
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avarice
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greed
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compendium
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brief, comprehensive summary
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cantankerous
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irritable; ill-humored
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succor
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relief, help in time of distress or want
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emaciated
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thin and wasted
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refute
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to contradict, disprove
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elicit
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to provoke; draw out
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debauchery
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corruption
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cadge
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to beg; sponge
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stint
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to be sparing
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morose
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ill-humored; sullen
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soliloquy
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literary or dramatic speech by one character, not adressed to others
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ascetic
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one who practices self-denial
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fiat
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arbitray order; authorization
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commensurate
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proportional
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inveigle
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to win over by flattering or coaxing
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tenet
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belief, doctrine
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insinuate
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to suggest; say indirectly; imply
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impassive
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showing no emotion
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abysmal
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very bad
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malign
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to speak evil of
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vaunt
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to boast, drag
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poseur
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poerson who affects an attitude to impress others
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contentious
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quarrelsome; causing quarrels
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conundrum
riddle; puzzle with no solution
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repine
fret, complain
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fledgling
beginner; novice
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supersede
to relace, especially to displace as inferior or antiquated
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grouse
to complain
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daunt
to discourage; intimidate; dishearten
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qualm
sudden feeling of faintness or nausea
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expiate
to atone for
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gauche
coarse and uncouth; clumsy
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exhort
to urge by strong appeals
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recluse
person who lives in seclusion and often in solitude
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impute
to attribute the fault to; relate to a particular cause or source
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execrable
detertable; abhorrent
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petulant
rude; peevish
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vitiate
to impair the quality of, corrupt morally
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mettle
courage; endurance
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astringent
harsh; severe
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stipulate
to specify as an essential condition
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pique
fleeting feeling or hurt pride
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flout
to treat scornfully
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paean
song of joy or triumph; a fervent expression of joy
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reparation
amends, compensation
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subpoena
notice ordering someone to appear in court
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reverent
expressing deep respect, worshipful
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cozen
to mislead by trick or fraud; decieve
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suffrage
the right to vote
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plaintive
melancholy; mournful
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rail
to scold with bitter or abusive language
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fulminate
to attack loudly; denounce
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caucus
smaller group within an organization
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insouciant
indifferent; lacking concern or care
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raiment
clothing
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halcyon
calm and peaceful; happy; golden; prosperous
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felicitous
suitable expressed; wee-chose; appropiate
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litany
lengthy recitation; repetitive chant
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captious
faultfinding; intended to entrap, as in an argument
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expatiate
to speak or write at length
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levee
en embankment that prevents a river from overflowing
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supplicant
one who asks humbly and earnestly
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convivial
sociable
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appropriate
to take possession of for one's own use; confiscate
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brazen
bold; shameless
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strut
to swagger, display to impress others
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sanction
to approve, ratify, permit
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ruse
trick, crafty stratagem
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precept
principle; law
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sedulous
diligent, assiduous
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patois
jargon; a regional dialect
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sinuous
intricate, complex
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complacent
self-satisfied
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perennial
present throughout the years; persistent
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timbre
voice tone color
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prehensile
capable of grasping
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gouge
to tear out; scoop out; overcharge
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treatise
article treating a subject systematically and thoroughly
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denizen
an inhabitant; a regular visitor
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avuncular
like an uncle, benevolent and tolerant
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conscript
a person compulsorily enrolled for military service
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discrepancy
difference between
