Vocab 1 Flashcards

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Voracity

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Having or marked by an insatiable appetite for an activity or pursuit– particularly eating; greedy

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Derive

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To receive, trace or obtain from a source or origin; to to obtain by reasoning

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Palatial

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Of, pertaining to, or resembling a palace; befitting or suitable for a palace; stately; magnificent

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Indignation

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Strong displeasure at something considered unjust, offensive, insulting, or base; righteous anger

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Ostracize

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To exclude, by general consent, from society, friendship, conversation, privileges, etc…

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Feeble

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Physically weak, as from age or sickness; frail, weak intellectually or morally

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Immaterial

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Of no essential consequence; unimportant; not pertinent; irrelevant

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Gamut

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The entire scale or range

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Protrude

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To thrust forward, project; to extend beyond or above a surface

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Convalescent

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Recovering from an illness or operation

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Patronize

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To treat with an apparent kindness or fake that betrays a feeling of superiority ; to behave in an offensively condescending manner

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Decorum

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Behavior in keeping with good taste and propriety; etiquette

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Stifle

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To suppress, curb, or withhold; to smother, crush, or end by force

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Insubordinate

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Defiance of authority

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Pallid

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Pale, fain of defiance in color lacking in vitality or interest

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