H English 4 Vocab Flashcard #4

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lacking energy

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listless

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Turning a verb/adjective into a noun

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nominalization

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wrongdoing, misconduct

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malfeasance

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Clever trick to deceive or outwit

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strategem

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Coming into existence, emerging

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Nascent

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Urging, strongly encouraging

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hortatory

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Free from guilt or blame

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exculpate

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Apparent contradiction of terms

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oxymoron

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Causing great alarm or harm

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Pernicious

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conspicuously bad or offensive

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egregious