Vocabulary #2 Flashcards by Jean Costa | Brainscape

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Abrasive

A

rough; coarse; harsh

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Bilk

A

cheat; defraud

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Covert

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hidden; undercover

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Engender

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cause

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Hangar

A

storage area (like garage) for a plane

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Knotty

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complex; difficult to solve

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Nuance

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something subtle; a fine shade of meaning

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Plagiarism

A

taking credit for someone else’s writing or ideas

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Renown

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fame

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Tangent

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going off the main subject

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