Word List 2 Flashcards

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Buckle

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To crumple, to fasten

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Cadge

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To beg, or get by begging

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3
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Cajole

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Coax, persude by flattery or deceit

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4
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Calumny

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Slander, aspersion

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5
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Candidate

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seeker of office

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Canoodle

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To cuddle and kiss amorously

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Cant

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Jargon, insincere talk

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8
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Canvass

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To request votes from electors

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9
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Capital

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Involving death

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10
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Capricious

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Guided by whim, inconstant

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Carapace

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Shell, protective layer or attitude

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12
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Cardsharp

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Professional cheater at cards

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13
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Caress

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To stroke gently

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14
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Castigation

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Severe punishment

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15
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Caustic

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Sarcastic, biting

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16
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Censure

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Expression of blame, a rebuke

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17
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Chary

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Cautious, wary

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18
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Chastisement

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Punishment

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19
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Chauvanist

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a blindly devoted patriot

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20
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Chivalrous

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Courteous

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21
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Churl

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a bad-tempered person

22
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Close

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Intimate, confining

23
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Coalescing

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To come together, uniting a substance as one

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Cog

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a tooth on a gear wheel, one who plays a vital but minor role

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Cohere
To hold together
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Coif
Tight fitting cap, hairstyle
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Col
short ridge connecting 2 mountains
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Collusion
have an alliance
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Compact
Formal agreement, a small case for carrying cosmetics
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Complacent
Self-satisfied
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Concierge
A hotel service person who assists people with special arrangements
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Confound
Bewilder, confuse
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Conjugal
Marital
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Contemporaries
Alive at the same time
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Contritely
Humbly, with remorse, regret
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Corollary
Direct result, consiquence
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Cos
Lettuce with large dark green leaves
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Digmix
An unpleasant, uncomfortable, or dire occupation unwelcome duty
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Kex
Dried hemlock
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Kheda
An enclosure for capturing wild elephants
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Mansuetude
Tameness; sweetness of temper
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Meniscus
The curved upper surface of liquid in a tube
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Mesothesis
That which is put in the middle to serve as a balance
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Mulm
The organic sediment that settles at the bottom of an aquarium
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Musnud
The cushioned throne of an Indian prince
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Myocide
An agent that kills mould
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Nigroglobulate
To blackball
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Noria
An apparatus for raising water, made up of buckets attached to a wheel
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Nummamorous
Money loving
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Ogygian
Incomparably ancient,antediluvian