MAT1 Flashcards

(32 cards)

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lachrymose

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showing sorrow

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lassitude

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a feeling of lack of interest or energy

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licentious

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lacking moral discipline

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limpid

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clear and bright

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lissome

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moving and bending with ease

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lithe

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moving and bending with ease

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imprecation

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the act of calling down a curse that invokes evil

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8
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impute

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attribute or credit to

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incredulous

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not disposed or willing to believe; unbelieving

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inculpate

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suggest that someone is guilty

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indelible

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cannot be removed or erased

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indigent

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poor enough to need help from others

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indignant

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angered at something unjust or wrong

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14
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inexorable

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not to be placated or appeased or moved by entreaty

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fractious

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easily irritated or annoyed

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exculpate

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pronounce not guilty of criminal charges

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expurgate

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edit by omitting or modifying parts considered indelicate

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dogged

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stubbornly unyielding

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doleful

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filled with or evoking sadness

20
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ebb

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the outward flow of the tide

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effrontery

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audacious behavior that you have no right to

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elegy

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a mournful poem; a lament for the dead

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corporeal

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having material or physical form or substance

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corpulence

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the property of excessive fatness

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coterie
an exclusive circle of people with a common purpose
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chary
characterized by great caution
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chide
censure severely or angrily
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chortle
a soft partly suppressed laugh
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churlish
having a bad disposition; surly
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aver
to declare or affirm solemnly and formally as true
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baleful
threatening or foreshadowing evil or tragic developments
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banter
light teasing repartee