Vocab 9 Flashcards by Daphne Cheung

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enervate

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to weaken and make tired

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demagogue

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a leader who appeals to emotion rather than logic

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florid

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red-coloured, flushed

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impute

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to attribute an action to a particular person or group

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inconsequential

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trivial, unimportant

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acerbic

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biting, caustic, bitter

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alacrity

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eagerness, speed

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orator

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lecturer, speaker

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perfidious

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disloyal, untrustworthy

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antipathy

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strong dislike, repugnance

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fecund

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fruitful, fertile

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dissemble

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to conceal

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precocious

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unusually advanced or talented at an early age (prodigy)

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dither

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to be indecisive

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hegemony

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domination over others

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abjure

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to reject, renounce

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arrogate

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to take without justification

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perspicacity

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shrewd and sagacious

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aspersion

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a curse, ill-will (cast aspersions on)

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blandish

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to coax with flattery

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substantiate

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to verify or confirm

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boon

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a gift or blessing

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clemency

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mercy, forgiveness

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penitent

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eager to be forgiven

manifold

diverse, varied

vindicate

to clear from blame or suspicion

reclusive

living in isolation

temerity

audacity, recklessness

vicissitude

occurring by chance

wizened

dry, shrunken, wrinkled

promulgate

to proclaim, to make known

inveterate

stubbornly established by habit

abrogate

to abolish

exculpate

to free from blame

exonerate

to free from blame

impervious

impenetrable, incapable of being affected

inimical

hostile

effusive

passionate

sedate

calm, undignified, unhurried

covetous

greedy, avaricious

undulate

to move like a wave

umbrage

resentment

vituperate

to berate

multifarious

having great diversity or variety

inure

to cause someone to be accustomed to a situation

perdurable

permanent, enduring continuously

iniquity

wickedness or sin

cupidity

greed; strong desire

anathema

a cursed, detested person

pulchritude

physical beauty