First 20 Vocab Flashcards by Colleen Marshall

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Abase

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to lower; to humble

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Acclimatization

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becoming used to something; getting comfortable

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Acquiesce

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to agree; to give in

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Adjunct

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something attached to a main body

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Air

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to bring out into the open

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Allegory

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symbolic story

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Altruism

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goodness; selflessness; generosity

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Amorphous

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without shape

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Aperture

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opening; hole

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Arcane

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mysterious; secret

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Assuage

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to calm down; to soothe

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Autocratic

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favoring complete rule by one person

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Avow

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to swear

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Balk

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to hesitate suddenly

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Becalmed

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made peaceful or still

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Bellicose

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warlike in manner

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Berate

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to scold; to criticize

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Blunderbuss

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old-fashioned shotgun

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Browbeat

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to intimidate; to bully

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Burnish

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to polish; to shine