List 19 Flashcards by Hemant Dixit

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venerate

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revere

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conundrum

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difficult problem

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derision

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ridicule

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lampoon

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ridicule

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carrion

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rotting flesh of a dead body

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florid

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reddish; flowery

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pastoral

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rural

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dearth

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scarcity

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paucity

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scarcity

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shrew

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scolding woman

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surreptitious

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secret; furtive; sneaky

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sophistry

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seemingly plausible but fallacious reasoning

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specious

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seemingly reasonable but incorrect; misleading

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eclectic

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from variety of sources

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axiom

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self-evident truth requiring no proof

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autonomous

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self-governing; independent

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discrete

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separate

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sycophant

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bootlicker

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ensconce

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settle comfortably

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penury

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severe poverty