Units 2 & 3 Flashcards

(40 cards)

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Apprise

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Acquaint, notify

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Aegis

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Auspices

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Bibulous

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Inebrious, alcoholic

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Claque

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Fan club, flatterers, hangers-on

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Deracinate

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Extirpate, eradicate, expunge

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Eleemosynary

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Philanthropic, beneficent

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Indigenous

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Endemic, domestic, homegrown

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Lachrymose

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Tearful, doleful, dolorous

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Lexicon

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Wordbook, glossary

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Melee

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Fracas, brawl, scuffle, donnybrook

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Microcosm

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Epitome, world in a little

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Minuscule

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Infinitesimal, insignificant

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Obfuscate

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Muddy the waters

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Paternalism

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Benevolence, solicitude, fatherliness

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Polarize

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Split, divide, alienate, estrange

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Purview

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Jurisdiction, orbit

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Sanguine

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Flushed, rosy

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Solecism

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Misusage, blunder, faux pas

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Vassal

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Menial, minion, servile, subservient

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Verisimilitude

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Realism, lifelikeness, authenticity

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Ancillary

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Subordinate, supplementary, auxiliary, subsidiary, accessory

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Bowdlerize

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Censor, purge, expurgate

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Condescend

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Cozen

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Trick, cheat, swindle, dupe, deceive, beguile, inveigle

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Enclave
Island, subgroup
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Forte
Gift, aptitude, speciality
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Gratis
Free, on the house, freely
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Icon
Symbol, emblem, idol
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Interstice
Gap, slot, crevice, interval, lacuna
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Macrocosm
Cosmos, entirety
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Mountebank
Trickster, swindler, charlatan, impostor, quack
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Paean
Hymn, ode, anthem
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Persiflage
Banter, jesting, repartee, badinage
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Plethora
Over-fullness, superabundance, superfluity, surplus, surfeit, glut, excess
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Pragmatic
Down-to-earth, businesslike
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Quizzical
Puzzled, mocking, odd, equivocal, peculiar, perplexed, mystified, derisive
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Rapacity
Avarice, cupidity, voraciousness
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Schism
Rift, breach
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Therapeutic
Beneficial, curative, salutary, salubrious
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Virtuoso
Expert, master, prodigy, maestro