Ones From ArborBridge Sheets Flashcards

(65 cards)

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Impugn

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To challenge as false

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Contest

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To challenge or dispute

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Ruminate

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To think over

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Stymie

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To block

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Check

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To restrict

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Squelch

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To crush, to squash; to quell

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Fatuous

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Silly and foolish

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Dolt

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Idiot

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Approbation

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Approval

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Deference

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Courteous respect

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Rhapsodise

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To gush

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Latent

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Present but not active

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Amity

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Friendship

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Respite

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Period of inactivity

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Table

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To postpone indefinitely

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Abeyance

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Suspension of activity or function

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Reprieve

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A temporary relief

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Improvident

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Wasteful

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Exorbitant

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Excessive

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Spendthrift

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Wastefully extravagant

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Reprimand

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To punish

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Admonish

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To warn or criticise gently

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Spurn

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To treat with disrespect

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Inveigh

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To denounce

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Reprove
To blame
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Flout
To mock
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Deride
To ridicule
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Revile
To scold
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Malign
To slander
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Rail
To criticise harshly
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Absolve
To pardon
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Exculpate
To free from blame
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Acquit
To free from blame
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Clemency
Leniency
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Amnesty
A pardoning
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Commensurate
Equal in measure or extent
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Obstreperous
Noisy
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Profane
Ungodly
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Desecrate
To treat with respect
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Penchant
Leaning towards
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Proclivity
An inclination
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Propensity
An inclination
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Mendicant
A beggar
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Ignominy
Deep personal humiliation and disgrace
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Chagrin
Distress caused by humiliation or failure
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Cavort
To skip about
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Gambol
To leap about
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Blithe
Jovial
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Redolent
Fragrant
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Neophyte
Beginner
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Callow
Immature
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Gouge
To cheat someone
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Prevaricate
To lie
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Apocryphal
False
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Specious
False
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Bulk
To defraud
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Insidious
Treacherous
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Charlatan
An imposter
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Guile
Deceit
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Fallacious
False
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Stratagem
A plan to trick or deceive
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Incorporeal
Without shape
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Sententious
Short and moralistic in expression
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Taciturn
Disinclined to talk
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Burgeon
To flourish