LP 5 Flashcards by Lucy O'Rourke

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expedite

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(V) to speed up

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penury

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(N) lack of resources like money (poverty)

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copasetic

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(ADJ) satisfactory

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commiserate

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(V) to show pity or sympathy (remember misery)

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garish

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(ADJ) clownish

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draconian

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(ADJ) harsh; severe (appressive)

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commensurate

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(ADJ) proportionate (with)

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anecdote

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eschew

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exacerbate

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antidote

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autonomy

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complacent

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abstruse

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emaciated

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vouchsafe

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prognosticate

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benign

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(adj.) good-natured; kind; favorable; beneficial; doing little or no harm; not malignant

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debacle

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(n.) a sudden disaster

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gratuitous

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(ADJ) given without obligation