Vocab 5 Flashcards by erica Pinkham

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Peregrination

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To journey or travel from place to place

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Gaffe

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A social blunder

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Virago

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A loud voiced, ill-tempered woman

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Ubiquitous

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Existing or being at the same time

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Flippant

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Disrespectful levity

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Excoriate

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To denounce or berate severely, to flat severely

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Bilateral

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Involving, pertaining to, or affecting two or both sides

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Cajole

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To persuade using flattery or promises

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Erstwhile

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In the past

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Saturnine

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Sluggish in temperament, gloomy, taciturn

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Fortnight

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Two weeks

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Subrogate

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To put in the place of another

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Nostrum

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A medicine sold with false or exaggerated claims

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Ignominy

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Deep personal dishonor or humiliation

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Paragon

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A model or pattern of excellence

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Preceptor

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An instructor, teacher, tutor

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Platitude

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A trite or banal remark or statement, lack or originality

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Odious

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Arousing or meriting strong dislike

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Congruence

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In agreement, corresponding, harmony

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Mercurial

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Changeable, fickle, flighty

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Repine

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To be fretfully discontented, fret, to yearn after something

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Nebulous

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Cloudy, misty, or hazy

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Elysium

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Perfect happiness, paradise

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Amenable

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Ready or willing to answer, act, or yield

Expiate

To extinguish the guilt incurred by

Prosaic

Commonplace or dull

Induce

To lead or move by persuasion or influence

Circumlocution

A roundabout or indirect way of speaking

Dereliction

Deliberate or conscious neglect

Draconian

Extremely cruel or severe, rigorous