Chapter 23 Flashcards

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Arbiter

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One chosen to to judge or decide a dispute

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Abysmal

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Very bad hopeless

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Putrescent

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Becoming worse over time

Rotting

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Quell

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To put down forcibly

Suppress

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Franchise

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A privilege granted to someone or a group of ppl usually by a government

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Unabated

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Sustaining an original intensity or maintaining full force with no decrease

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Vehemently

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Characterized by forcefulness of expression or intensity of emotion or conviction

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Anonymity

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The quality or state of being unknown or unacknowledged

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Stagnation

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To become still

Non moving or non developing

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Agglomeration

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The act or process of gathering into a mass

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Benevolent

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Characterized by doing good or charity

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Overt

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Open and observable

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Derisively

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Mocking or jeering

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Tutelage

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The capacity or activity of a guardian

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Dissipated

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Lost

Used of energy

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Debauchery

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Extreme indulgence in sensual pleasures