Week 9 Flashcards

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Impresario

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One who presents cultural series, organizer

Mr Sean is an impresario

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Extortion

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Getting money by threats, blackmail

I had a picture of a guy and extorted him with money

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Adverse

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Unfavorable, harmful

The adverse words offended me

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Asset

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A valuable thing to have

Imagination is an important asset

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Bigot

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A narrow minded, prejudiced person

The bigot didn’t like my group of friends and we beat him up

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Blatant

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Disagreeably loud, very showy

The man was blatantly stupid

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Entourage

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Group of attendants

The leader ran with an entourage of pitiful people

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Virulent

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Full of hate, harmful

The virulent bigot was very mean

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Venom

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Poison, spite, malice

The man spewed venomous words

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Spew

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Throw up, vomit, eject

The sick man spewed vomit everywhere

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Scrutinize

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Examine closely

The investigator scrutinized the house

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Nefarious

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Villainous, vicious

The nefarious man was very rude

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Amicable

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Friendly, peaceful

The amicable man was very nice

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Vexatious

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Annoying

The vexatious man kept bugging me

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Malady

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Any sickness, illness, ailments

The depressed man had a malady

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