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Word List 25 + Word List 26 Flashcards

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colander

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n. utensil with perforated bottom

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posterity

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n. decedents

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irremediable

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adj. incurable

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prurient

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adj. having or cause lustful thoughts and desires

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taut

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adj. tight, ready

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resplendent

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adj. dazzling, glorious; brilliant

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antagotism

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n. hostility

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thrifty

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adj. frugal

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cursive

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adj. to be flowing, running

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attribute

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n. essential quality

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lewd

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adj. to be lustful

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ornithologist

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n. researchers on birds

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savory

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adj. enjoyable

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vigilance

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n. watchfulness, alert

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haggle

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v. to argue about prices

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reek

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v. to emit strong odor

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vacuous

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adj. to be blank

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rave

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n. over praise

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antediluvian

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adj. to be antiquated

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drone

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n. idle person v. to talk dully

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stratify

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v. to separate into different classes

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scruple

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v. fret about, hesitate over

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paradigm

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n. model, paragon

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threadbare

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adj. to be old and worn

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querulous

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adj. to be grudging

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querulous

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adj. to be mourning

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talon

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n. claw of birds

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diffuse

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adj. to be long and boring

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incursion

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n. an invasion

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imperial

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adj. like an emperor

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bogus

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adj. to be fake and counterfeit

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potent

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adj. to be powerful

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endemic

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adj. to be local and restricted to a single region

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painstaking

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adj. to show hard work

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nutrient

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n. nourishing substance

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inception

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n. the start

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cession

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n. yielding to others

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coqutte

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n. flirt, show off

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prim

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adj. to be very precise and formal

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chortle

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v. to giggle or chuckle with delight

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totter

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v. to move steadily

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flounder

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v. to struggle and thrash about

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perimeter

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n. outer boundary

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seep

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v. to ooze

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divine

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v. to perceive intuitively

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awry

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adv. wrongly

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culvert

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n. artificial channel for water

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podium

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n. pedestal

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dilate

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v. to distend

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unstinging

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adj. to be generous

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glossary

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n. brief explanation of words used in the text

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mirth

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n. merriment, laughter

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entreat

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v. plead

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lope

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v. to gallop slowly

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shambles

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n. wreckness

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symbiosis

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n. to interdependent relationship

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fickle

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adj. to be capricious

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wean

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v. to give up a cherished activity

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cordon

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n. extended line of prohibition

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vertigo

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n. severe dizziness

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undulating

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adj. move in a wave-like motion

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adept

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adj. to be expert at

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amoral

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adj. to be out of moral perspective

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disinclination

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n. unwillingness

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patent

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adj. to be open for the public to read

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forbearance

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n. patience

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tepid

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adj. to be lukewarm, to give off heat

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piebald

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adj. to be spotted

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laconic

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adj. to be brief and to the point

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acquiesce

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n. the permission

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adage

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n. wise saying

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rejoiner

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n. a reply

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incur

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v. bring upon oneself

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audit

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n. examination of accounts

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slur

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v. to speak indistinctly and elusive

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touchy

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adj. to be sensitive

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confine

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v. shut in

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enclave

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n. territory enclosed within an alien land

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traduce

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v. expose to slander

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titter

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n. nervous laugh

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dilemma

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n. problem

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boon

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n. benefit

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decrepitude

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n. state of collapse by old age

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solace

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n. propitate

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sect

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n. religion

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prolixity

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n. tedious wordiness

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turpitude

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n. evil

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sunder

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v. separate, part

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multiplicity

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adj. the state of being numerous

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consonance

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n. harmony, agreement

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chastise

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v. punish

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illimitale

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adj. no limits

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extradition

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n. surrender of another state being sent to the former country

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libretto

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n. text of an opera

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collateral

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n. security given for loan

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linchpin

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n. combining part

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grisly

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adj. ghastly

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revelry

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n. merrymaking

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abeyance

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n.suspended action

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verbiage

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n. pompous array of words

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gauche

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adj. clumsy

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refractory

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adj. stubborn

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gambol

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v. leap playfully

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inadventently

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adj. unintentionally

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confidant

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n. trusted friend

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purported

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adj. legendary

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debacle

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n. sudden downfall

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peripheral

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adj. marginal

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resonant

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adj. to be resounding

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coin

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v. to fake

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profusion

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n. overabundance

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lap

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v. take food or drink with one’s tongue

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inebriated

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adj. drunk

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mire

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v. to entangle

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deprecate

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v. to belittle, express disproval of

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apothesis

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n. god

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overt

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adj. open to view

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ventriloquist

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n. someone acting with throat

119
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exculpate

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v. to sb. not guilty

120
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malefactor

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n. criminal

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doff

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v. to take off

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apostate

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n. someone who had abandoned his faith

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versimilitude

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n. appearance of truth

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disperse

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v. scatter

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acrophobia

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n. fear of heights

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luster

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n. shine, gloss

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irrepressible

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adj. out of control

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malign

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v. to speak evil of

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haggard

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adj. gaunt

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traumatic

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adj. pertaining to a injury caused by violence

Barron Word List (Mixed) (8 decks)

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