Vocab 1 Flashcards

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Yield

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To surrender

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Ruse

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A strategy or trick

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3
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Ascetic

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One who lives a life of contemplation and self denial

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4
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Beleaguered

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To be encircled as with an army

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5
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Exorbitant

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Excessive

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6
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Gamut

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The entire range of something

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7
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Indolent

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Idle or lazy

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8
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Pauper

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A poor person

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9
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Retaliate

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To strike back

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Squalid

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Foul or unclean

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