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Full American Renaissance Literature Notecard set Flashcards

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Prevalent

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Generally or widely accepted, practiced, or favored : WIDESPREAD

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Discord

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Lack of agreement or harmony (as between persons, things, or ideas)

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Treacherous

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Likely to betray trust : UNRELIABLE
Providing insecure footing or support

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Extort

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To obtain from a person by force, intimidation, or undue or illegal power

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Ostentation

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Excessive display : vain and unnecessary show especially for the purpose of attracting attention, admiration, or envy

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Parsimony

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The quality of being careful with money or resources

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Toil

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Long strenuous fatiguing labor

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Sexton

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A church officer or employee who takes care of the church property and performs related minor duties (such as ringing the bell for services and digging graves)

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Forge

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A furnace or a shop with its furnace where metal is heated and wrought

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Tenant

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One who has the occupation or temporary possession of lands or tenements of another
One who holds or possesses real estate or sometimes personal property (such as a security) by any kind of right

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Importune

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To press or urge with troublesome persistence, to request or beg for urgently

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Nonconformist

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A person who does not conform to a generally accepted pattern of thought or action

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Perpetual

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Holding something (such as an office) for life or for an unlimited time

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Conviction

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  1. The act or process of finding a person guilty of a crime especially in a court of law or
  2. A strong persuasion or belief
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Aversion

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A feeling of repugnance toward something with a desire to avoid or turn from it

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Absolve

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To set (someone) free from an obligation or the consequences of guilt

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Dilapidated

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Decayed, deteriorated, or fallen into partial ruin especially through neglect or misuse

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Sublime

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To elevate or exalt especially in dignity or honor

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Superfluous

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Exceeding what is sufficient or necessary : EXTRA

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Magnanimity

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The quality of being magnanimous : loftiness of spirit enabling one to bear trouble calmly, to disdain meanness and pettiness, and to display a noble generosity

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Precluded

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Discourse marked by force and persuasiveness

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Impunity

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Exemption or freedom from punishment, harm, or loss

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Retribution

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The dispensing or receiving of reward or punishment especially in the hereafter

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Immolation

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Something that is killed or destroyed by fire

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Imposture

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The act or practice of deceiving by means of an assumed character or name

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Accosted

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To approach and speak to (someone) in an often challenging or aggressive way

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Gait

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1.A manner of walking or moving on foot. 2. A sequence of foot movements (such as a walk, trot, pace, or canter) by which a horse or a dog moves forward. 3. A manner or rate of movement or progress

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Lore

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A particular body of knowledge or tradition

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Beguiling

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Agreeably or charmingly attractive or pleasing

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Decorum

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  1. Literary and dramatic propriety: FITNESS
  2. Propriety and good taste in conduct or appearance
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Eloquence

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Discourse marked by force and persuasiveness

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Blight

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Something that impairs or destroys

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Shroud

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Something that covers, screens, or guards: such as

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Venerable

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Calling forth respect through age, character, and attainments

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Mirth

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Gladness or gaiety as shown by or accompanied with laughtera

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Surmised

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A thought or idea based on scanty evidence : CONJECTURE

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Interposed

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To place in an intervening position

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Affliction

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A cause of persistent pain or distress

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Ample

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Generous or more than adequate in size, scope, or capacity

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Syntax

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A connected or orderly system : harmonious arrangement of parts or elements

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