Green apple vocab 3

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prehensile

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capable of grasping

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presage

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to foretell

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preternatural

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supernatural

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primordial

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origin

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probity

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honest, syn - candor

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purport

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to profess; suppose is claim

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pusillanimous

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cowardly

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quagmire

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marsh; difficult situation

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quail

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to cower; to loose heart

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quibble

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to argue over insignificant and irrelevant details

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quiescent

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inactive; still

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quorum

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no of members required to conduct a meeting

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rail

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bitter cold, abusive language. Syn- condemn, denounce,inveigh, fulminate

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rarefied

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refined

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rebu

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puzzle in which pictures or symbols represent words

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recalcritant

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resisting authority and control

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recant

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retract a statement of opinions

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recluse

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a person who lives in seclusion

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refulgent

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brightly shining, resplendent

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regale

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to entertain

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renege

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to go back on ones word

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repine

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fret, complain

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riposte

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retaliator action or retort

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rococo

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excessively ornate

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rubric

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protocal, title or heading

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rue

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regret

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ruse

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trick, crafty stratagem

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sage

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wise

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salacious

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lustful; lascivious

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salubrious

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healthy

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salutary

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expecting an improvement, favorable to health

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satiate

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to satisfy

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satyr

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a creature that is half man, half beast with horns and legs of a goat

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savor

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to enjoy, have a distinctive flavor or smell

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sedition

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behavior prompting rebellion

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sedulous

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diligent, assiduous

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sentient

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aware consious and able to perceive

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sextant

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navigation tool that determines latitude and longitute

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sidereal

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relating to stars

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simian

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apelike, relating to apes

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sinecure

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well - paying job that requires little or no work

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singular

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unique, extraordinary

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sinuous

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complex

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sobriety

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serious; sobber ppl are serious

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sodden

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thouroghly soaked or saturated

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solicitous

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concerned, attentive, eager

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soliloquy

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literary or dramtic speech by one character, not addressed to others

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sordid/ unseemly

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filthy; contempible and corrupt

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squalor

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filthy, wretched conditions

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staccato

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marked by abrupt, clear cut sounds

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stanch

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to stop or check the flow of

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stentorian

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extremely loud

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stolid

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showing little emotions

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stratified

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in layers

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striated

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marked by thin, narrow, grooves or channels

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stricture

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something that restrains, negative critiicism

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strident

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leud, harsh unpleasant and noisy

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strut

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to swagger, display to impress others

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stupefy

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to dull the senses of stun, astonish

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Stygian

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dark, gloomy, hellish

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succor

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relief, help in the time of distress or want

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suffrage

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right to vote

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sundry

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various

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supine

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lying in back; marked by lethargy

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suppliant

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beseech - ask someone fervently

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supplicant

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one who asks humbly and earnestly

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syllogism

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a form of deductive reasoning with major premise, minor premise and conclusion

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sylvan

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related to woods or forest