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Description
Flashcards by Aziz Khilawala, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by Aziz Khilawala
over 9 years ago
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| Question | Answer |
| potentate | noun – a ruler who is unconstrained by law |
| miscreant | noun – a person without moral scruples |
| pundit | expert |
| renegades | noun – someone who rebels and becomes an outlaw |
| bleak | adjective – offering little or no hope |
| elaborate | adjective – marked by complexity and richness of detail |
| garbled | difficult to understand because it has been distorted; scrambled |
| subtlety | noun – the quality of being difficult to detect or analyze |
| spate | a sudden flood, rush or outpouring |
| insinuate | introduce or insert (oneself) in a subtle manner |
| extrapolate | verb – estimate the value of |
| timid | noun – people who are fearful and cautious adjective – lacking self-confidence |
| ribald | adjective – humorously vulgar noun – a ribald person; someone who uses vulgar and offensive language |
| superfluity | noun – extreme excess |
| paucity | a lack of noun – an insufficient quantity or number |
| detractors | noun – one who disparages or belittles the worth of something |
| inoculate | verb – perform vaccinations or produce immunity in by inoculation |
| liquidity | noun – being in cash or easily convertible to cash; debt paying ability |
| disenchantment | noun – freeing from false belief or illusions |
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