Final- Vocab Flashcards

(48 cards)

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eloquence

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expressiveness

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pensive

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expressing deep thoughtfulness

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venerable

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worthy of respect

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4
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inanimate

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not alive, lifeless

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5
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venerable

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commanding respect

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6
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pathos

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quality that arouses pity, sorrow, or sympathy in others

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7
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impertinent

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not showing proper respect, saucy

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8
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obstinacy

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stubbornness

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imperceptible

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not easy to perceive, unnoticeable

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importunate

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insistent

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11
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munificent

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generous

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12
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equivocal

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having more than one possible interpretation

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13
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specious

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seeming to be but not actually sound

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14
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anomalous

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odd, out of the ordinary

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15
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sentience

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capacity for feeling

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16
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pedestrian

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going on foot, walking

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17
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impulsive

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done without thinking

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18
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inarticulate

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unclearly spoken or expressed

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19
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inscrutable

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difficult to know or understand

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maledictions

21
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prescient

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having foreknowledge

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perpetual

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lasting forever

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decorum

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rightness suitability

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tranquil

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calm, quiet, still

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conviction
strong belief
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chaos
disorder of matter and space, supposed to have existed before the ordered universe
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aversion
object arousing an intense dislike
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absolve
pardon, free from guilt
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dilapidated
in disrepair
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sublime
noble, majestic
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superfluous
excessive, not necessary
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magnanimity
generosity
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expedient
resource
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alacrity
speed
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surmised
guessed, concluded
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eternity
time with out beginning or end
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interposed
came between
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affliction
anything causing pain or distress
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ample
large in size, more than enough
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finite
having measurable or definable limits
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infinity
endless or unlimited space, time, or distance
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stirring
busy, full of energy
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abeyance
temporary suspension
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effuse
pour out
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bequeath
hand down or pass on
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stealthily
slyly or secretively
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robust
strong and healthy, full of life
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efface
erase, wipe out