William’s words 3 Flashcards by Steven Ma | Brainscape

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Tenet

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Strong belief

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Polity

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A government

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Spurious

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False

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Inane

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Stupid/Silly

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Extol

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To praise

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Inimical

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Harmful (opposite of innocuous)

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Contemporaneous

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Existing in the same time or period

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Seminal

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Influencial

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Enumerate

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To list things

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Invective

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Insulting language

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Petulant

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Bad tempered

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Eschew

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To forgo or to avoid

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Impugn

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To question the truth

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Arrogate

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Claim without evidence

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Capitulate

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To back down

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Sinecure

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Easy job or position needed little work

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Truculent

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Aggressive

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Desultory

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Having no plan

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Discretionary

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Optional

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Injudicious

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Foolish

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Sacrosanct

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Scared

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Approbation

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Praise

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Inscrutable

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Mysterious or hard to understand

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Miscreant

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Criminal

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Insipid

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Boring/commonplace

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Prolocutor

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Spokesman/chain

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Phlegmatic

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Calm

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Facetious

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Not chowing respect

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Specter

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A ghost