List 1 Flashcards

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Antipathy

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A deep-seated feeling of dislike;aversion

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Ascetic

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A person who practices severe self-discipline

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Decorum

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behavior in keeping with good taste and propriety; etiquette

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Edifice

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Building: especially a large or massive structure

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Eulogy

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A commendatory oration or writing especially in honor of one or high praise

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Foliage

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A representation of leaves, flowers, and branches

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Grievous

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Causing or characterized by severe pain, suffering, or sorrow

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Ignominy

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Deep personal humiliation and disgrace

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Inclement

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Lacking mildness: such as a: physically severe: stormy

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Inopportune

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inconvenient, unseasonable, inappropriate time

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Labyrinthine

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of, relating to, or resembling a maze like

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Lurid

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Causing horror or revulsion; Wan and ghastly pale in appearance

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Pallor

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deficiency of color especially of the face: paleness

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Placid

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serenely free of interruption or disturbance

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Portent

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something that foreshadow a coming event

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Potentate

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Ruler, sovereign broadly: one who wields great part or sway

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Propriety

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The quality or state of being proper or suitable: appropriateness: conform what is socially acceptable

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Quaint

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pleasingly or strikingly old-fashioned or unfamiliar

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Witticism

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A cleverly witty and often biting or ironic remark witty

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Zenith

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The point of the celestial sphere that is directly opposite the nadir 2. The highest point reached / most powerful or successful