Vocab S2 Flashcards by Lydia Brown

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Adulation

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Excessive flattery

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Censure

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Disapproval

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Dissemble

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Conceal one’s opinion or motives

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Vicarious

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Experienced through imaginative participation in the experience of another

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Droll

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Funny

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Expectorate

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Spit

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Palpate

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To examine by touch

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Peremptory

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Final

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Pusillanimous

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Lacking courage, cowardly

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Surfeit

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An excessive amount

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Allay

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Relieve or alleviate

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Capacious

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having a lot of space inside, roomy

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Didactic

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Intended to teach

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Diurnal

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Of the day

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Ignominious

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Deserving or causing public disgrace or shame

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Mitigate

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To lessen

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Palpitate

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To beat

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Phlegmatic

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Unemotional or calm

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Propitious

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Giving or indicating a good chance of success; favorable

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Prostrate

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Lying face down

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Acquiesce

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To accept without protest

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Amity

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A friendly relationship

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Arduous

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involving strenuous, hard work

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Gestalt

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A whole that is greater than the sum of its parts

Inundate

Overwhelm with things to do

Perjury

Lie to a jury

Perspicuity

Clarity

Preposterous

Absurd

Trepidation

Fear of nervousness

Voluble

Speaking incessantly

Alacrity

Eagerness

Aplomb

Self-confidence

Barrage

Outpouring of questions or blows

Cognizant

Having knowledge or being aware of

Collusion

Secret or illegal cooperation or conspiracy

Deleterious

Causing harm or damage

Paradigm

Typical example or pattern of something; a model

Unctuous

An oily person who flatters