Vocabulary Lessons 7-9 Flashcards by Jerlyn Munji

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Unfriendly; hostile; injurious.

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Inimical

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Nonsense; unintelligible speech.

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Gibberish

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A link, tie, or bond.

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Nexus

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Of the same time period.

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Coeval

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Tending to delay or procrastinate.

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Dilatory

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Complicated; intricate.

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Convoluted

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To earnestly request or petition.

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Entreat

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A short account of an incident.

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Anecdote

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Obligatory; necessary.

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Incumbent

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Boorish or vulgar.

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Churlish

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To announce or make known.

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Promulgate

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Showing dignity and often strait laced propriety.

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Staid

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Extremely angry.

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Livid

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Shocking, explicit.

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Lurid

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Convincing, reasonable.

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Cogent

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To exploit weaknesses of others; to cater to the vices of others.

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Pander

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Useless; futile.

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Otiose

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Childish; juvenile.

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Puerile

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Dependent on luck or chance.

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Aleatory

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Roughness of harshness; severity.

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Asperity

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Rejection; refusal to acknowledge.

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Renunciation

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Unquestionable, beyond doubt.

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Unimpeachable

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To disapprove angrily; to protest.

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Inveigh

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To assign great, social importance to; to treat as a celebrity.

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Lionize

To relieve; to alleviate.

Allay

To corrupt morally; to contaminate.

Vitiate

Stubbornly resistant; showing opposition.

Recalcitrant

An explanation of a text; critical interpretation.

Exegesis

To make better; to improve.

Ameliorate

Wasteful and immoral.

Profligate

Tending to excite or stimulate.

Provocative

An unsophisticated, awkward person.

Bumpkin

A person who flatters for personal gain.

Toady

Deserving blame or condemnation; guilty.

Culpable

Encouraging; inciting.

Horatory

Next to last.

Penultimate

Full and rich in sound ( in speech).

Orotund

Carefree and lighthearted.

Blithe

Tending to induce sleep.

Soporific

Permeating; spreading throughout.

Pervasive

Beneficial; favorable.

Benign

Wildly excited

Frenetic

A counteraccusation

Recrimination

Lacking good taste; improper.

Indecorous

To strengthen by adding evidence.

Corroborate