Set 5 Flashcards by Emily Lin` | Brainscape

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To imply, hint, suggest

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Insinuate

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Anger, hatred

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Animosity

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To go around, avoid

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Circumvent

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To scold, censure, verbally criticize

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Rebuke

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Rude, aggressive, angry

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Petulant

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Going to happen soon

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Imminent

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Unavoidable, going to happen

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Inevitable

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Likely to seek revenge

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Vindictive

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Friendly, affable

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Amiable

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To remove or eliminate

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Eradicate

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A fine detail

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Nuance

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Opposites

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Paradox

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The act of veering off course

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Digression

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Immature, childish

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Callow

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Very exciting

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Scintillating

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Silly, trivial, meaningless, insignificant

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Fatuous

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Possessing wisdom

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Sagacious

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Respected, highly esteemed

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Meritorious

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Common, base, unworthy, unsophisticated, plebeian

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Ignoble

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The possession of the ability to captivate

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Charisma

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Empty, meaningless

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Vapid

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Aggressive, churlish, rude

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Boorish

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An expert

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Connoisseur

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To improve or make better, mitigate

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Mollify

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To erase or eliminate

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Efface

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Impulsively

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Impetuously

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Destruction

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Decimation

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Most important, in the forefront

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Prevalence

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Malleable, able to change form

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Protean

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To lessen the effects of, improve, alleviate effects, mollify

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Mitigate

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Sign or symbol of something to come, omen

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Harbinger

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Joking, not serious

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Facetious

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Possible, could be true

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Plausible

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Common, base, unsophisticated, ignoble

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Plebeian

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Explosively angry, dangerous

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Volatile