Vocab List 17 - 20

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aphorism

Back 1

an acknowledged truth; definition

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bombast

Back 2

pompous

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construe

Back 3

to interpret or understand the intention of

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dissent

Back 4

disagree

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glib

Back 5

slick and superficial

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hyperbole

Back 6

extremely exaggerated

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innuendo

Back 7

a veiled, unflattering comment

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prate

Back 8

to chatter

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pun

Back 9

the humorous or unusual use of a word or words to suggest a new/different meaning

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reticent

Back 10

reserved in speech

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rhetoric

Back 11

insincere or high-flown writing or speech

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solecism

Back 12

ungrammatical use of words

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soliloquy

Back 13

lengthy speech intended as someone's thoughts or relflections

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spiel

Back 14

well-rehearsed line of talk

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terse

Back 15

concise, brief

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vociferous

Back 16

loudly

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ad hoc

Back 17

for this

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alter ego

Back 18

another I

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bona fide

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in good faith

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caveat emptor

Back 20

let the buyer beware

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corpus delicti

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the body of the crime

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ex post facto

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from a thing done afterward

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extempore

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of or at the time

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habeas corpus

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you should have the body

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in extremis

Back 25

at the extremity

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magnum opus

Back 26

great work

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non sequitur

Back 27

it does not follow

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persona non grata

Back 28

person not acceptable

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quid pro quo

Back 29

this for that ,
something for something

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sine qua non

Back 30

without which not

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status quo

Back 31

the state in which

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subpoena

Back 32

under penalty

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abrogate

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to annul

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acquit

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to free of blame

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adjudicate

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settled by judge or legal process

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advocate

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one who pleads a case or represents the accused, supporter

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commute

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to reduce penalty or charge

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extort

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to get something from another force

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extradite

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to hand over an accused person to authority

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felony

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serious crime, jail time

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forensic

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discussions and debate in court

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indict

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to accuse or charge with a wrong

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larceny

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theft

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litigation

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lawsuit

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malfeasance

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official misconduct

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perjury

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lying under oath

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sanction

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to confirm or authorize

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tort

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a wrongful act that injures

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vagrant

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wanderer

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abstain

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to refrain from

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annihilate

Back 51

to destroy

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condescend

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to stoop to a lower level

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divulge

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to reveal something secretive

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expurgate

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to clean of something wrong

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extricate

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to free from awkward situation

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imbibe

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to drink

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impute

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to credit

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instigate

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to egg on

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remonstrate

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to protest

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sate

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to indulge to the point of satisfaction

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suffice

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to be enough

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suffuse

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to spread throughout

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supplant

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to replace

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temper

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to strengthen through hardship

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vindicate

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to confirm or justify