701-725 Flashcards

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insolent

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boldly disrespectful in speech or behavior; impertinent; impudent

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benefactor

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one who helps and supports others

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quash

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to suppress completely

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profuse

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giving or pouring forth freely; generous

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ruthless

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having no compassion or pity

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primordial

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living or existing at the very beginning

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naive

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simple; childlike; lacking worldly wisdom

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mare

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a female horse

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despoil

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to deprive something of value

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teeming

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overfilled; crowded; pouring out

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glutton

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one who eats too much

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leeway

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margin; room for freedom of action

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martinet

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one who is strict in discipline, and enjoys authority too much

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paroxysm

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a sudden convulsion or outburst; a fit

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dally

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to waste time; loiter

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concur

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to agree

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precept

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a rule of action or conduct

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spendthrift

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one who spends money wastefully

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diligent

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painstaking and steady

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exhume

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to dig up out of the ground

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querulous

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inclined to find fault; complaining; full of complaint

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impel

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to push something into motion

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overweening

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excessively arrogant; overbearing

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turbulence

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commotion or wild disorder

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eulogy
a speech or written tribute in praise of someone who has died
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amend
to improve through change or correction
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beguile
to deceive by charm
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charade
an obvious pretense or deception
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devout
devoted to relgioion; sincere
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impasse
to waste time; loiter
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impotent
powerless; helpless; ineffective
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mar
to damage
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noxious
bad for health; harmful; poisonous
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pusillanimous
cowardly
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querulous
inclined to find fault; complaining; full of complaint
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resuscitate
revive
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refuse
garbage
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rummage
to search throughly by handling or disarranging the contents of
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scintilla
a small amount; a spark
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specter
a ghost; a disturbing image or prospet
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sanctimonious
pretending holiness; hypocritically devout
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scaapegoat
one who takes blame
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seethe
to be violently excited; to boil
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impasse
dead-end
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undulate
to move in a wave like motion
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repartee
a quick wity reply;
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vagrant
a person who wanders from place to place
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vendetta
a bitter feud or quarrel
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zest
hearty enjoyment; flavor or enjoyment
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glutton
one who eats to much