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23 Cards in this Set
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churlish
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boorish, vulgar, rude...churlish behavior
peasantlike, loutish, difficult to work with (such as soil) and intractable adjective |
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coalesce
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to come together,
to fuse or unite verb |
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coda
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concluding section of a musical or literary piece
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coeval
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of the same period
coexisting adj |
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commensurate
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matching, corresponding or proportionate in degree, size, amount
adjective |
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contemn (verb)
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to scorn or despise
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contumacious
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insubordinate, rebellious
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corrigible
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correctable, reparable
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countenance
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verb-to tolerate, to approve or encourage
noun: appearance, esp the expression on the face verb/noun ex: You should not have countenanced his rudeness. A sad countenance. |
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cozen
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to deceive or hoodwink
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craven
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contemptibly fainthearted
lacking any courage |
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curmudgeon
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a crusty, ill-tempered coot, a misanthrope
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daunt
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-To overcome with fear, to dishearten
-to lessen the courage of; dishearten Ex: to daunt one's adversaries ex: don't be daunted by the amount of work we have to do. |
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debacle
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fiasco
complete failure |
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decorous
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Characterized by or exhibiting decorum;
proper: ex: decorous behavior. adj |
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defalcate
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to embezzle or misappropriate
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denigrate
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to blacken, to belittle, to defame, sully or disparage
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denouement
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an outcome or solution
the unraveling of a plot noun |
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deposition
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-accretion, depositing, building up layer by later
-official testimony noun |
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deprecate
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to disparage or belittle
to put down verb also: to express disapproval of, to give reasons against (a plot, scheme..) |
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derivative
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unorriginal, obtained from another source
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descant
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to comment at length
verb also, refers to music, can be an accompanying melody |
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descry
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to discriminate or discern (something unclear) by looking carefully.
ex: the Lookout discried land ahead. verb |
