WOD Flashcards

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Potentate(n)

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One who has power and position to rule over others; monarch

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Orthodox(adj)

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Adhering to the traditional and established, especially in religion

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Castigate(v)

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To scold, rebuke it harshly criticize

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Censure(v)

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To issue official blame

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Denounce(v)

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To condemn openly

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Reclusive(adj)

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Seeking of preferring seclusion or isolation

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Relinquish (v)

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To retire; give up or abandon

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Renounce(v)

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To give up ( a title for example) especially by formal announcement

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Vituperative (adj)

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Marked by harshly abusive condemnation

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Conciliatory

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Appeasing; soothing; showing willingness to reconcile

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Credible (adj)

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Capable of being believed; plausable

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Exonerate (v)

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To free from blame

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Incontrovertible (adj)

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Indisputable; not open to question

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Indict

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To officially charge with wrong doing or a crime

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Litigious (adj)

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Prone to engage in lawsuits

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Partisan (adj)

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Devoted to or biased in support of a party, group, or cause

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Parity (n)

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Equality, as in amount, status or value

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Rectitude (n)

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Moral uprightness; righteousness

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Remiss

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Lax in attending to duty; negligent

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Repudiate

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To reject the validity or authority of

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Sanctimonious (adj)

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Feigning piety or righteousness

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Scrupulos (adj)

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Principled, having a strong sense of right and wrong conscientious and exacting

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Solicitous

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Concerned

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Sophistry

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Plausible but misleading of fallacious argument

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Substantiate (v)
To support with proof or evidence
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Veracity (n)
Adhering to the truthfulness
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Vindicate
To free from blame
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Cajole (v)
To urge with repeated appeals, teasing, of flattery
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Chicanery (n)
Trickery
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Obsequious (adj)
Fawning of servile
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Sycophant (n)
Insincere, obsequious flatter
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Altruism (n)
An unselfish concern for the welfare of others
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Eminent(adj)
Distinguished; prominent
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Empathy (n)
Identification with an understanding of another's situation, feelings, and motives
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Magnanimous (adj)
Courageously or generously noble in mind and heart
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Laudatory (adj)
Full of praise
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Philanthropic (adj)
Mutually take is give; respond in kind
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Reciprocate (v)
Rj
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Eradicate (v)
To get rid is as if by the rots; abolish
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Expurgate (v)
To remove; objectionable consent before publication or release
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Extirpate (v)
To destroy
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Quell (v)
To put down; to forcibly suppress
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Raze (v)
To level o the ground; demolish
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Squelch (v)
To crush as is by crumbling; squash
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Supplant (v)
To usurp the place of especially through intrigue or underhanded tactics
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Stymie (v)
Stumped
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Abase (v)
To lower in rank, prestige, or esteem
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Deride (v)
To mock contentiously
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Derogatory (adj)
Insulted or intended to insult
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Disparage (v)
To speak negatively; to belittle
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Effrontery (n)
Brazen boldness; presumptuousness
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Ignominy (n)
Great personal dishonor or humiliation; disgraceful conduct
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Impugn (v)
To attack ad false or questionable
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Mar (v)
To damage, especially in a disfiguring way
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Pejorative (adj)
Disparing; belittling; insulting
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Vex (adj)
To annoy or bother; to perplex
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Vindictive (adj)
Disposed to seek revenge; revengeful; spiteful
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Bombastic (adj.)
Given pompous speech or writing
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Ebullience (n)
Intense enthusiasm
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Exorbitant (adj)
Exceeding all bounds, as of custom of fairness
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Exuberant (adj)
Full of unrestrained enthusiasm or hoy
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Embellish (v)
To ornament it decorate; to exaggerate
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Flagrant (adj)
Extremely it deliberately shocking or noticeable
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Gratuitous (adj)
Given freely; unearned; unnecessary
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Sonorous (adj)
Producing a deep or full sound