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VOCAB Flashcards

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Girdled

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surrounded; encircled

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Torpid

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Inactive; inert

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Diffidence

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insecurity; timid uncertainty

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Sallowness

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unhealthy, yellowish complexion

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Antipathy

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deep dislike, hatred

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Impudence

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The quality of being disrespectful, rude, or overly bold

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Anger; Outrage

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ire

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Deliberately; maliciously

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wantonly

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Frolicking; Playful

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romping

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Harmful; Dangerous

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noxious

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Public shame; humiliation

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ignominy

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Tending to find fault with petty matters; contrary and argumentative

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Captious

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Trickery; deception

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artifice

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Evil; vindictive

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malevolent

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Examine closely; study

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scrutinise

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Public announcements; disclosures

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intimates

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Made brave; strengthened

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emboldened

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Refined and well-mannered, oftentimes in an ostentatious exaggerated way

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genteel

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Suffice

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be sufficient; be adequate

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Audacious

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courageous; defiant

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Capricious

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volatile; unpredictable

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Recompense

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Compensation; reward

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Fomented

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Incited; provoked

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Transitory

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Momentary; short lived

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Severed

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Broken apart; separated

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Lulled

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soothed quieted

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Cessation

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termination, ending

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Multiplicity

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abundance; large quantities

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Tumult

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racket; commotion

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Inflicted

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Delivered something so to bring about suffering; struck

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Punctual

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On schedule; prompt; on time

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Passive

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submissive; unassertive

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Cumbrous

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cumbersome; bulky

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Impalpable

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imperceptible; incomprehensible

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Perfidious

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duplicitous; false

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Obviating

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eliminating; rendering unnecessary

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Remonstrate

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Protest; challenge

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Pathos

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A quality that evokes pity or sympathy

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Effluence

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Something that flows out; an emanation

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Approbation

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Approval; praise

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Alloy

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mixture; combination

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Imputation

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accusation

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Toiled

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Labored; worked

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Tenacious

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steadfast; persistent

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Privations

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deprivations; lack of necessities for living a comfortable life

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Prospect

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a panoramic view of the landscape

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Verdure

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lush; green vegetation

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Pestilence

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a contagious devastating disease

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Sumptuously

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lavishly; luxuriously

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Evinced

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revealed; clearly displayed

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Virulence

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The severity and harmfulness of a disease

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Solace

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Comfort during a time of distress

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Antipathies

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Aversions to and avoidance of certain things

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Soliloquise

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to speak one’s thoughts out loud; to speak a monologue

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Ferret

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search tenaciously for something

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Effaced

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erased; removed

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Affable

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friendly; warm

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Demurely

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primly; modestly, in a lady-like manner

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Fastidious

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meticulous; fussy

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Preternatural

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abnormal; mysterious

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Wayward

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willful; defiant, disobedient

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Vivacious

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lighthearted; enthusiastic

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Solicitude

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a deep concern or care for someone

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Officious

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overly enthusiastic in offering help to someone

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Hoary

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gray or silvery white

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Discerned

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perceived; observed; recognized

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Animated

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hinted; suggested

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Felling

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causing to fall by knocking down

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Suffusion

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a gradual spreading of something throughout something else

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Brusque

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abrupt; curt

71
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Previous

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penetrable; permeable

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Gregarious

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sociable; outgoing

73
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Condescension

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Lowering oneself to a level of equality with someone who is otherwise considered unequal in society or rank.

74
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Fallible

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Capable of making mistakes

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Sanctity

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Virtue; purity

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Undulating

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Heaving; swelling

77
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Paroxysm

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A sudden attack or expression

78
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Imperious

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commanding; domineering

79
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Sardonic

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sarcastic; cynical

80
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fulminating

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explosively denunciating or protesting

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