Words Flashcards
(43 cards)
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Caustic, bitter
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Acrimonious
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To scold, warm
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Admonish
3
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Hidden, Secret
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Clandestine
4
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Widespread
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Rampant
5
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To interpret
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Construe
6
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One who commits a crime
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Culprit
7
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Agitated
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Distraught
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Double - Dealing
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Duplicity
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Duress
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Force, Coercion
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Egregious
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Outstanding for undesirable quality
11
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Elicit
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To extract
12
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Ethics
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Moral Philosophy
13
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Flagrant
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Notorious
14
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Impunity
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Exemption
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Inane
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Silly
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Inexorable
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Cannot be moved by persuasion, inflexible
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Paucity
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Shortage
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Pernicious
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Damaging, harmful
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Rampant
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Widespread
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Tolerate
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Topermint, to put up with
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Abscond
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To sneak away
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Artifice
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A lie; to make up
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Cabal
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A secret group
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Canard
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An unproven lie or rumor
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Charlatan
Trickster
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Chicanery
Scheming; trickery
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Dupe
To trick
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Duplicity
Falseness of character
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Duress
Force or threats to obtain compliance
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Fabricate
To lie; to make up
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Fallacious
Based on faulty reasoning
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Fawning
Excessive flattery
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Feint
To make a deceptive move
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Foist
To place an unwelcome burden
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Guile
Cleverness; trickery
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Fulsome
Obnoxious through excessive praise
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Guise
Force or threats to obtain compliance
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Mendacious
Characterized by dishonesty
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Perfidious
faithless to one's word
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Prevarication
Dishonest or evasive statements
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Repress
To hold back opinions or emotions
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Subterfuge
Trick to gain advantage
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Usurp
To seize unlawfully or by force
