Lesson 8 Flashcards
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Docile
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Easy to teach; meek
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Mollification
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Appeasement
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Sorority
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Sisterhood
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Fervid
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Zealous
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Congeries
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Miscellaneous collection; items
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Matriarchy
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Society ruled by mothers or women
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Bellipotent
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Mighty in war
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Compendium
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Summary
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Paternal
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Fatherly
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Homo sapien
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Human being; humankind for plural
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Aggravate
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To make worse
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Fraternal
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Brotherly
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Doctor
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Physician
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Fraternity
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Brotherhood
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Document
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Official paper
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Homicide
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Manslaughter
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Impending
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Approaching
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Matricide
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Killing ones mother
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Fervent
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Intense
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Maternal
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Motherly
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Suggestive
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Indecent
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Fervor
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Great warmth & earnestness of feeling
Intense heat
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Emollient
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Having the power of softening or relaxing, as a medicinal substance;
Soothing, especially to the skin
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Recompense
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To repay; remunerate; reward for service
To give compensation for; to make restitution for
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Grave
Serious or solemn; sober
Weighty; important
Critical
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Paternity
Fatherhood
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Sororicide
Killing ones sister
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Mollify
Pacify; appease
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Patrilineal
Inheriting descent thru the male line
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Belligerent
Warlike; aggressively hostile ; bellicose
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Gravity
Heaviness or weight
Serious or critical in nature
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Bellicose
Eager to fight; aggressively hostile; belligerent
Pugnacious
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Patron
Customer, client or paying guest (esp a regular one) of a store, hotel, etc
Patron saint
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Ignoramus
Person who does not know much
