List B Flashcards by Arlo Hill

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tawdry

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gaudy; garish; showy but cheap

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credulous

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gullible

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haughty

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stuck up

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lachrymose

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sad OR given to weeping

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blandish

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coax with flattery

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plethora

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an overabundance

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repudiate

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renounce

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tedium

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boredom (tedious = boring)

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abstemious

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abstaining; self-denying

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crepuscular

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relating to twilight

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senescence

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old age

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enunciation

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clear articulation

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lackluster

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underwhelming

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pliable

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flexible

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rescind

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take back; retract

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abstruse

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esoteric; obscure

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blunderbuss

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someone who is clumsy

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envenom

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embitter

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oblique

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indirect

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plumage

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a bird’s feathers

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accolade

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praise and awards

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bolster

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support; prop up

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plummet

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to fall swiftly

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acquiesce

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give in

curtail

cut short

epicure

someone who appreciates food + drink; hedonist

heed

pay attention to

lampoon

mock; spoof

surfeit

a surplus

polemic

a strong verbal attack

exculpate

to exonerate

jubilant

joyful

winsome

charming

concomitant

naturally accompanying; attending

parsimony

stinginess

coup

a revolution; a major success

paucity

dearth; lack

malediction

a curse

iniquity

wickedness or sin

transmute

to change form; alter