Set 4 Flashcards by Spades Fools

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Abscond

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To leave secretly and hide

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Recalcitrant

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Resistant to authority or control

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Dilatory

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Tending to delay or procrastinate

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Anachronism

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Something out of its proper historical time

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What does ‘Mitigate’ mean?

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To make less severe or intense

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Perfunctory

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Carried out with minimal effort

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Grandiloquent

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Pompous or extravagant in language

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Censure

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To express severe disapproval

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Impute

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To attribute something to someone

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Quiescent

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In a state of inactivity or dormancy

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