3/26/13 and up Flashcards

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Befouled

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to make dirty, soil

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Obscene

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offensive to accepted standards of decency

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Torrid

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Hot

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Multitudinous

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very numerous, existing in great numbers

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propitrate

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to win or regain favor of god

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Vitality

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mental vigor, physical strength

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Trunculent

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quick to argue or fight

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inscrutable

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impossible to understand

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cessation

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end, pause or interrupt

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parry

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to ward of a weapon

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Jeer

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Make rude and mocking remarks

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antiphonal

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alternative singing by 2 choirs

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ululation

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to howl, wail

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crepitating

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to make a crackling or poping sound

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Hasidic

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a Jewish sect of mystics who believe in a joyful worship of god

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synagogue

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a building used by Jewish people for religious study

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cabbala

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an Jewish Philosophy based on a mystical interpretation of the script

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Talmund

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a book of detailed expositions

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Gestapo

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secret police force of the Nazi

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larnies

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trucks

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rabbi

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a scholar and teacher of Jewish law

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Zionism

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formerly a movement for reestablishing of a Jewish state

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emigration

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the act of leaving once country or region

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billet

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to lodge, to house

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passover
a Jewish holiday
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treatise
a formal article or book
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expound
to state in detail
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edict
an official public proclamation
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sanguine
of the color red, blood
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strident
loud, harsh
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despicable
deserving of contempt
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plausible
apparently true
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polysyllable
consisting of more than one syllable
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habitual
customary or usual
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cladestinely
done in secret
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inexorable
relentless, not capable of being persuaded
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deride
to speak with contempt
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heretic
a person who holds an opinion at odds with what is generally accepted
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Manuscript
a book or document written by hand
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antediluvian
very old
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postscript
additional info added to the end of a letter
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encroach
to intrude, to trepass
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Ampilfy
to make larger
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Pallette
a board which an artist can hold while painting
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ligament
connective tissue
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aboveboard
honest
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illuminate
to light up
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complacent
self satisfaction
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pulverize
to crush
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freelance
without long term comittment to any employer
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exuberant
lively, happy full of good spirit
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cumbersome
difficult to manage
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engender
to cause, promote
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cascade
a waterfall or series of small waterfalls
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agape
wide open
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heinous
extremely wicked
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mosaic
an image by the assembly of small colored tiles
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maim
to injure, cripple
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inconceivable
impossible to comprehend
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futile
having no useful result
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mutable
lively to change
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venerate
to regard with deep respect
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disreputable
lacking responsibility in character
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edify
to instruct
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saccharine
excessively sweet
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sordid
filthy or foul
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cumbersome
large or heavy
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guise
an external form, appearance
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demeanor
outward behavior
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eccentric
the quality of being unconventional
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effigy
a sculpture or model of a person
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slatternly
dirty and untidy
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lassitude
weariness
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iniquity
immoral and unfair behavior
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prosaic
straightforward
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assent
to agree our consent
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feral
existing in a wild or untamed state
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villify
to speak or write about in a disparaging manner