English 3 Study Guide Flashcards by Jazmine Ross

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censure

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express severe disapproval in a formal statement

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approbation

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approval or praise

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evade

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escape or avoid

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libel

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a published false statement that is damaging

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dissuade

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persuade not to take a particular course of action

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amiss

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not quite right; inappropriate or out of place

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melancholy

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a feeling of pensive sadness

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reckoning

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the action or process of calculating something

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husbanded

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use resources economically; conserve

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pale

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a conceptual boundary

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despondency

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a state of low spirits caused by loss of hope

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notwithstanding

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in spite of

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amass

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gather together or accumulate

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havoc

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widespread destruction

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precarious

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not securely held or in position

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disquietude

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a state of anxiety

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deluge

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inundate with a great quantity of something

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extirpated

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root out or destroy completely

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piety

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the quality of being religious or reverent

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insidious

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proceeding in a gradual harmful way

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wiles

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persuading someone to do what one wants

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baneful

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harmful or destructive

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actuate

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cause someone to act in a particular way

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odious

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extremely unpleasant, repulsive

vicissitude

an unwelcome change in circumstances/fortune