Chapter 13 Flashcards

(20 cards)

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Affront

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Deliberate act or display of disrespect

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Proscribed

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To put outside the protection of law

Denounce

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Dawdling

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To move slowly

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Ubiquitous

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Existing or being everywhere

Especially at the same time

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Gentry

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Well bred class
In England class below the nobles
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Dynastic

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A series of rulers from the same family

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Advocates

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To urge the favor of something

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Patronage

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The right of presentation to an ecclesetial benifice

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Festered

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A feeling of resentment

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Abetting

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To support something

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Mollify

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To soften

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Ascension

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The act of ascending

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Impoverished

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Derived of strength

Reduced to poverty

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Sanctioned

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Authoritative permission

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Asunder

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Widely separated

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Mirth

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Amusement or laughter

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Philanderer

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A man who has relations with a woman who can’t or won’t marry

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Vex

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To debate or discuss

Provoke

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Articulate

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Having parts or distinct areas

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Patron

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A person who has the right of presenting a member of the clergy to a benefice