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Flashcards by Elijah Aiono, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by Elijah Aiono
almost 12 years ago
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| Question | Answer |
| admonish | to caution or advise against something; to scold mildly; to remind of a duty |
| breach | an opening, gap, rupture, rift; a violation or infraction; to create an opening, to break through |
| circumspect | careful, cautious |
| dilemma | a difficult or perplexing situation or problem |
| efface | to wipe out; to keep oneself from being noticed |
| predisposed | to incline to beforehand |
| muddle | to make mess of; muddle through; to get by; a hopeless mess |
| unbridle | lacking in restraint |
| comely | having a pleasing appearence |
| terse | brief and to the point |
| mediocre | average, ordanary, undistinguised |
| dissolute | loose in ones morals or behaviors |
| tantalize | to tease, torment by teasing |
| proliferate | to reproduce, increase, or spread rapidly |
| erratic | not regular or consistant; different from what is ordinarily expected; undependable |
| subjugate | to conquer by force, being under complete control |
| trite | commonplace; overuse, stale |
| dissent | to disagree; disagreement |
| semblace | a likeness; an outward appearence; an apparition |
| altercation | an angry arguement |
| marauder | a raider, plunderer |
| eminent | famous, outstanding, distinguished; projecting |
| rift | a split, break, breach |
| gluttany | engaging in extreme eating or drinking; greedy overindulgence |
| ardous | hard ot do, requiring much effort |
| abscond | to run off and hide |
| rectify | to make right, correct |
| daunt | to overcome with fear, intimidate; to dishearten, discourage |
| auspicious | favorable; fortunate |
| hoodwinked | to mislead by a trick, swindle |
| intrepid | very brave, fearless, unshakable |
| pompous | overly self-important in speech and manner; excessively stately or ceremonious |
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