chapters 13-21 Flashcards

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pertinent

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relevant or applicable to particular matter

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palatable

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Pleasant to taste

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fanatical

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filled with excessive and single-minded zeal; obsessively concerned

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emboss

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carve, mold, or stamp a design on

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unaccustomed

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not familiar or usual

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prominent

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important; famous

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incantation

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series of words said as a magic spell or charm

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contort

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twist or bend out of normal shape

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inordinate

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usually or disproportionately large

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ascent

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to climb or walk to the summit of the mountain or hill

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reverie

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a state of being pleasantly lost in thought

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nondenominational

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open or acceptable to people of any Christian denomination

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presumptuous

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failing to observe the limits of what is permitted or appropriate

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13
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simulated

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manufactured in imitation of some other material

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initiate

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cause (a process) to begin

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