Manhattan text completion(easy) Flashcards

New words of Manhattan 8 book- text completion (36 cards)

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unflagging (Adj)

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Tireless, persistent.

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Sate (verb)

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  1. to satisfy (any appetite or desire) fully.

2. to fill to excess; surfeit; glut.

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Inveigle

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  1. To entice, lure, or ensnare by flattery or artful talk or inducements (usually followed by into):
    to inveigle a person into playing bridge.
  2. To acquire, win, or obtain by beguiling talk or methods (usually followed by from or away):
    to inveigle a theater pass from a person.
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Vassal

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  1. (in the feudal system) a person granted the use of land, in return for rendering homage, fealty, and usually military service or its equivalent to a lord or other superior; feudal tenant.
  2. a person holding some similar relation to a superior; a subject, subordinate, follower, or retainer.
  3. a servant or slave.
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Mulish

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used to compare one’s stubbornness to a mule

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mien

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air, bearing, or demeanor, as showing character, feeling, etc.:
a man of noble mien.

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prognosis

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Forecasting outcome of the disease

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penitent

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feeling of sorrow or regret

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ecumenical

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  1. including or containing a mixture of diverse elements or styles; mixed:
  2. general; universal.
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obviate

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to remove

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libelous

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Vilify, defamatory, Denigrate

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resolute

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firmly resolve or determined

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recrimination

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an accusation in response from someone else’s

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Recidivism

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  1. repeated or habitual relapse, as into crime.

2. Psychiatry. the chronic tendency toward repetition of criminal or antisocial behavior patterns.

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hubristic

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Extremely proud

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hedonism

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an opinion that pleasure is the highest good

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overweening

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over-confident

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pretension

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a claim of something.

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liberality

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ability of give freely

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truculent

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likely to argue

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salutary

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producing good results

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odious

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extremely unpleasant

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detract

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toadies

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sycophants, obsequious flatterer

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conciliatory
placate
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malfeasance
percieved as illegal
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vestige
a trait that was earlier of some use but isn't anymore.
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habiliment
clothes
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transcendent
going beyond whats ordinary
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iridescent
colorful
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drab
bland
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flowing
hanging loosely (especially clothing)
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disdain
a feeling that one is unworthy of respect
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proscribe
condemn
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tome
a large book
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divesting
to take away the opportunity