Vocab Flashcards
(15 cards)
1
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Bewail
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To express deep sorrow or regret
2
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Destitute
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1.without resources or possessions specially, the necessities of life
2.lacking
3
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Detract
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To take away, especially from the value, beauty, or importance of
4
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Emancipate
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To set free form slavery, to liberate
5
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Extol
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To praise highly
6
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Impetus
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- A driving force anything that causes an action.
- increased activity, resulting from a driving force.
6
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Flamboyant
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Excessively showy
7
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Insuperable
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Incapable of being overcome or defeated
8
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Intermittent
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Not continuous happening at interval.
9
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Maxim
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A general truth, or rule of conduct a short saying.
10
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Obligatory
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Required or demanded
11
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Plump
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- To measure the depth of water
2.to reach the deepest part of - To understand by examining closely
12
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Vagabond
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A person who wanders from place to place
13
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Visage
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A face especially one that expresses feelings
14
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Wheedle
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1.to coax by using sly persuasion or increasing praise
2. To gain by using sly persuasion or insincere praise
