Cambridge English 9 List 10

Leopold (United States of America)
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  1. adulation
    exaggerated flattery or praise
  2. adversity
    a state of misfortune or affliction
  3. culpable
    deserving blame or censure as being wrong or injurious
  4. decadent
    relating to indulgence in something pleasurable
  5. entreaty
    earnest or urgent request
  6. humane
    marked by concern with the alleviation of suffering
  7. indulgent
    given to yielding to the wishes of someone
  8. ineptness
    unskillfulness resulting from a lack of training
  9. ingrate
    a person who shows no thankfulness or appreciation
  10. miser
    a stingy hoarder of money and possessions
  11. nefarious
    extremely wicked
  12. prattle
    speak about unimportant matters rapidly and incessantly
  13. predilection
    a strong liking
  14. procrastinate
    waste time or postpone doing what one should be doing
  15. stoic
    seeming unaffected by pleasure or pain; impassive
  16. suffrage
    a legal right to vote
  17. summon
    ask to come
  18. transparent
    able to be seen through with clarity
  19. turbulence
    a state of violent disturbance and disorder
  20. viable
    capable of being done with means at hand
Created on Mon Apr 15 21:29:06 EDT 2013 (updated Tue Apr 16 16:26:24 EDT 2013)

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