Yes Flashcards

(32 cards)

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Flout

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To treat with contempt

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Expedition

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Done with speed and efficiency

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Forswear

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To renounce and to repudiate

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Fret

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To worry or be annoyed

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Galling

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Very irritating

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Harbingers

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Things that precede and forecast

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Hideous

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Very ugly

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Homage

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A reverential regard

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Homely

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Plane or unattractive in appearance

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Humane

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Kind, compassionate

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Husband

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Manage prudently or in a conservative manner

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Industrious

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Skillfully busy or occupied

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Intemperance

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Lack of moderation

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Kindle

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To start a fire

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Lament

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To mourn or express Sorrow in a demonstrative manor

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Laud

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Largess

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Generous giving

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Lecher

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One who indulges excessively in sexual activity

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Malady

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Malevolence

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I’ll will or evil intentions

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Malice

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Desire to harm others

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Malicious

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Motivated by hate or deliberate intent to harm

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Mettle

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Courage or spirit

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Mirth

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Gladness and merriment usually accompanied by laughter

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Mortify
To humiliate
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Oblivion
State of being forgotten
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Obscure
Difficult to see
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Palatable
Agreeable to taste, acceptable
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Pernicious
Very destructive or harmful
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Petty
Small and insignificant
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Plight
Difficult or adverse situation
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Posterity
Future generations