vocab 5
Terms
undefined, object
copy deck
- (v) to mock, treat with contempy
- flout
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(n) a warning or caution to prevent misunderstanding or discourage behavior
- caveat
- (v) to adorn or embellish; to display conspicuously; to publish or proclaim widely
- blazon
- (v) to steal, especially in a sneaky way and in petty amounts
- filch
- (adj) tending to be troublesome; unruly, quarrelsome, contrary, unpredictable
- fractious
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(adj) fair, just, embodying principles of justice
- equitable
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(n) self-governmen, political control
- autonomy
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(n) an addition or supplement designed to increase correctness, completeness, or currency
- addendum
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(n) a general pardon for an offense against a government, in general, any act of forgiveness
- amnesty
- (adj) self-eviden, expressing a universally accepted principle or rule
- axiomatic
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(v) to free from entanglements or difficulties; remove with effort
- extricate
- (adj) tending to cause sleep, relating to sleepiness or lethargy; (n) something that induces sleep
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soporific
- (adj) bitterly severe, withering; causing great harm
- scathing
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(adj) not easily carried, handled, or manager because of size or complexity
- unwieldy
- (adj) dull, uninteresting, tiresome; lacking in sharpness,flavor, liveliness, or force
- vapid
- (v) to predict, especially on the basis of present indications or signs, foretoken
- prognosticate
- (adj) funereal, typical of the tomb;extremely gloomy or dismal
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sepulchral
- (adj) beneficial, helpful; healthy, wholesome
- salutary
- (adj) extremely strict in regard to moral standards and conduc; prudish, puritanical
- straitlaced
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(v) to whip, punish severely;
(n) a cause of affliction or suffering; a source of severe punishment or criticism
- scourge
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(n) a rule of conduct or action
- precept
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(adj) lasting only a short time, fleeting;
(n) one who stays only a time
- transient