Vocabulary-38 Flashcards
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Ascetic
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A monk; a person who dedicates his or her life to a pursuit of contemplative ideals and practices extreme self-denial or self-mortification for religious reasons.
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Abating
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To lessen; diminish.
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Audacious
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Fearless.
Extremely original.
Insolent.
Lively.
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Austerity
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Severity.
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Callous
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Hardened; cruel, insensitive.
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Callow
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Immature.
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Candor
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Complete honesty.
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Chieftain
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A leader of a group.
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Civil
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Community.
Kind, obliging.
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Comatose
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Lacking alertness or energy; torpid.
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Dexterity
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Aptitude, ability.
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Disbanding
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Breaking up or dissolving.
Dispersing.
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Disingenuous
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Lacking in candor.
Insincere.
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Frivolity
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Silliness, childishness.
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Gluttony
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Excessive eating or drinking.
