Vocabulary #4 Flashcards

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Feeling gloomy or hopeless; dejected, dismal

A

Despondent

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The formal or official way of correctly doing something; custom, code

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Protocol

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3
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Honest and straightforward; blunt; frank, direct

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Candid

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4
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Extremely, chauvinist patriotism, often favoring an aggressive, warlike foreign policy

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Jingoism

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5
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To make right; to correct; rectify, amend

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Redress

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6
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Special words or phrases used by a specific group of people; jargon

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Argot

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7
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To calm; to make satisfied (often only temporarily); mollify

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Appease

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8
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Harsh sounding; grating; shrill

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Strident

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9
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Complete disorder; confusion, jumble

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Chaos

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10
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To erase or eliminate; obliterate

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Expunge

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11
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One who is intolerant of differences in others; racist, extremist

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Bigot

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12
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To enlarge; to increase in amount or intensity; expand, supplement

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Augment

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13
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Requiring exhaustive effort; laborious; grueling, arduous

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Toilsome

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14
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Careless neglect, often resulting in injury; carelessness

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Negligence

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15
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Lack of basic life necessities; extreme poverty; impoverished, penury

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Privation

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