List C Flashcards by Arlo Hill

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glut

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an excess

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tirade

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a diatribe; rant

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reprobate

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evil; unprincipled

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inchoate

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formless; in a beginning stage

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exigent

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urgent, critical

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pallid

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pale

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cajole

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to coax

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solipsistic

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selfish; believing no one else exists

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calumny

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slander

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fractious

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ill-tempered; unruly

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grandiloquence

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lofty, pompous language

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effrontery

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insolence

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protean

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ever-changing OR multi-talented

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rife (with)

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full (of)

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expiate

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to atone

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ribald

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coarsely humorous

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clemency

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mercy

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latent

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dormant; concealed

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florid

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ornate; flowerly

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cupidity

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greed; avarice

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reprove

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to scold

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sanctimonious

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holier-than-thou

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probity

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integrity

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usurp

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to seize by force

ruse

a trick

hegemony

domination over others (esp. countries)

vituperate

to berate

extol

to praise

transient

ephemeral

execrable

detestable; loathsome

replete (with)

full (of)

wizened

dried + shrunken; wrinkled

tantamount (to)

equivalent (to)

staid

restrained; proper

zephyr

a gentle breeze

verdant

green; lush

decry

criticize openly

stolid

stoic

inure

to cause someone to get used to something; toughen

palliate

to lessen in severity; improve