Lesson 7 Flashcards

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Any award, honor

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Accolade

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To regard with extreme aversion

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Abhor

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A person who dedicates their life to a pursuit of ideals

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Ascetic

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3
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To dispose of

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Bequeath

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4
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A person who pretends or claims to have more knowledge

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Charlatan

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5
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A destructive fire

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Conflagration

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6
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Scarcity; lacking of

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Dearth

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The state of being shy; insecure

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Diffidence

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To give off bubbles of gas

To show enthusiasm

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Effervescence

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Delicate or refined; light

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Ethereal

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10
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Blot out; erase

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Expunge

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11
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Crafty or artful deception

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Guile

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12
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Not having credibility

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Implausible

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13
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Out of place

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Incongruity

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14
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Pertaining to an island or islands

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Insularity

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Expressing gloom

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To pacify or appease

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Keen or strong mental appeal

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Belonging to specific province; local

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To repeat

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Given to acting upon sudden impulse

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Combining elements

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Poisonous

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Alert or ever awake

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Fluent; talkative
Voluble