Vocabulary #3 Flashcards
(54 cards)
1
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chide
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reproach
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clamor
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upheaval
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clout
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- the influence/importance of a person/thing; 2. to hit somebody with one’s hand
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complicit
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to be involved with something illicit
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contemptuous
A
scornful
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contentious
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argumentative
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contravene
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to disobey a rule
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contrive
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to scheme
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controvert
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refute
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contumely
A
contemptuous behavior arising from arrogance
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coup de grâce
A
death blow
12
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culpability
A
accountability for a wrong doing
13
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dander
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anger/bad humor
14
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dauntless
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fearless
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deadlock
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impasse
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debacle
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fiasco
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debase
A
reduce in value
18
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decry
A
belittle
19
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defamation
A
slander
20
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defenestration
A
throwing something out the window
21
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deign
A
stoop
22
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deleterious
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damaging
23
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denigrate
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defame
24
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depose
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remove someone from a position of authority
25
derange
disturb
26
derision
contempt
27
despotism
authoritarian rule
28
détente
reduction of hostility in a strained relatonship
29
diatribe
abuse verbal/written attack
30
disabuse
dispel
31
disapprobation
disapproval
32
discomfit
confuse/embarrass
33
disconsolate
melancholic
34
discordant
conflicting
35
discrepancy
inconsistency
36
disparage
defame or criticize
37
dissemble
evade
38
dissidence
disagreement
39
distemper
disorder
40
divulge
make known something confidential
41
dogged
relentless
42
doleful
miserable
43
donnybrook
fracas
44
duress
coercion
45
dyspeptic
irritable
46
effrontery
audacity
47
enmesh
entangle
48
enmity
shared hatred
49
evade
elude
50
eviscerate
disembowel
51
excoriate
berate
52
excommunicate
formally banish
53
execrable
disgusting
54
effervescent
fizzy
