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Advanced Vocabulary List 19

expedite listen
(verb) to make something happen sooner (usually an action or process)

Max called the cable company to see if they could expedite the installation process.

flagrant listen
(adjective) outrageous or conspicuously offensive

Many politicians are in flagrant violation of the law. The basketball player committed a flagrant foul.

frugal listen
(adjective) thrifty, economical

If I had been more frugal, I could have saved enough money to buy a new car.

gregarious listen
(adjective) sociable, outgoing

Max is a very gregarious person. He likes to be around people.

misanthrope listen
(noun) a person who dislikes people and avoids people

Mary is a misanthrope. She hates being around people.

pacifist listen
(noun) a person who does not believe in war or violence.

Max got out of serving in the military by claiming that he was a pacifist.

repudiate listen
(verb) to reject as false

Many of the staunchest supporters of neoconservatism have now repudiated neoconservatism as a complete failure. They claim that neoconservatism is dead.