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PW Vocab chapter 1-7 Flashcards

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Ridiculously old-fashioned

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Antediluvian

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Approval or praise

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Approbation`

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Any class or group who inherit exclusive privileges or are perceived as socially distinct;

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Caste

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a person or nation engaged in fighting during a war; a person engaged in conflict or competition with another

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Combatants

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the branch of law concerned with the preparation of documents

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Conveyancing

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inspiring fear or respect through being impressively large, powerful, intense, or capable

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Formidable

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a period of two weeks;

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Fortnight

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a small settlement,

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Hamlet

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incapable of making mistakes or being wrong;

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Infallible

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the customary code of polite behavior in society or among members of a particular profession or group

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Etiquette

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a clumsy, stupid person

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Lummox

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the fact or condition of being magnanimous;

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Magnanimity

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ostentatiously rich and luxurious or lavish;

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Opulent

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the quality of being religious or reverent;

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Piety

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an earlier event or action that is regarded as an example or guide to be considered in subsequent similar circumstances

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Precedent-

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a member or follower of any of the Western Christian churches that are separate from the Roman Catholic Church

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Protestants

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an act of retaliation

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Reprisals

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the action of asking or begging someone earnestly or humbly

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Supplicating

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full of difficulty or tribulation

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Torrid

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staying or working in a place for only a short time

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Transients

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leadership or dominance, especially by one country or social group

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Hegemony

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the language or dialect spoken by the ordinary people in a particular place

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Vernacular

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the use of humor, irony, exaggeration, or ridicule to expose and criticize people’s stupidity or vices, particularly in the context of contemporary politics and other topical issues

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Satire

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one’s opponent

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Adversaries

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given to sudden and unaccountable changes of mood or behavior

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Capricous

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a child believed to have been secretly substituted by fairies for the parents’ real child in infancy

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Changelings

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a conflict or war

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Conflagration

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ready to accept control or instruction; submissive

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Docile

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deceive, trick;

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Dupe

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an adjective or descriptive phrase expressing a quality characteristic of the person or thing mentioned

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Epithet

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express strong disapproval or disagreement

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Expostulated

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(typically of children) irritable and quarrelsome;

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Fractious

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make rude and mocking remarks,

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Jeers

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very vivid in color, especially so as to create an unpleasantly harsh or unnatural effect;

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Lurid

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obedient or attentive to an excessive or servile degree

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Obsequiousness

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stated or appearing to be true, but not necessarily so

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Ostensible

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action or speech that makes someone annoyed or angry, especially deliberately;

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Provocation

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the authority to represent someone else, especially in voting

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Proxy

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investment in stocks, property, or other ventures in the hope of gain but with the risk of loss

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Speculations

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a person who takes a position of power or importance illegally or by force

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Usurper

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increasing in size or importance

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Ascending

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harshness of tone or manner; harsh qualities or conditions; a rough edge on a surface

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Asperity

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a secret or disguised way of writing, a code

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Cipher

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a soldier armed with grenades or a grenade

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Grenadier

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unable to be placated; relentless and unstoppable

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Implacability

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a person’s natural tendency or urge to act or feel in a particular way a disposition or propensity

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Inclination

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inconvenience

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incommode

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  • not in harmony or keeping with the surroundings or other aspects of something
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Incongruous

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wanting to avoid activity or exertion lazy; (of a disease or condition) causing little or no pain

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Indolent

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a formal reception of visitors or guests

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Levee

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the crux or central point of a matter

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Nub

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typically because of poor health

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Pallid

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a person, especially a young one, endowed with exceptional qualities or abilities

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Prodigies

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remarkably or impressively great in extent, size, or degree

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Prodigious

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having or proceeding from an extreme or fanatical support of or belief in something

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Rabid

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make or become hard or solid

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Solidified

57
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drink alcohol, especially habitually

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Tippling

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the quality of being attractively lively and animated

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Vivacity

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habitual, usual

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Wonted

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a long or rambling story, especially one that is implausible

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