Week 30 Flashcards by Colin Watkins | Brainscape

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idyllic

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simple, peaceful

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Extinct

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no longer existing

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galvanize

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excite or arouse to activity

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encumbrance

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burden, handicap, load

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gaudy

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showy, flashy

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condescend

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stoop, lower oneself

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candor

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frankness, honesty

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mortify

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embarrass, humiliate

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jocose

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humorous, merry

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malign

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abuse, slander

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omnipotent

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almighty, unlimited in power or authority

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zenith

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summit, top, prime

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fledgling

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little known, newly developed

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Peremptory

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absolute, compulsory, binding

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Precedent

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custom, model

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wheedle

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coax, persuade, cajole

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rustic

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countrified, unpolished

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jubilant

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joyful, in high spirits

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decorum

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politeness, correct behavior

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charlatan

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pretender, fraud

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Achilles heel

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weak spot

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in the lap of the gods

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out of one’s own hands

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forty winks

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a short nap

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from pillar to post

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from one place to another