Vocab: 4/28 Flashcards
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Baksheesh (n)
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Gift of money; tip; gratuity
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Alchemy (n)
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Medieval chemistry concerned with finding a way to change base metals into gold and single cure for all diseases
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Bellicose (adj)
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Warlike; inclined to fight or quarrel
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Carp (v)
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To complain in a nagging way
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Collation (n)
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Light meal
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Cull (v)
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Pick out; choose
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Demur (v)
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Take exception
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Desuetude (n)
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Disuse
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Divert (v)
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Amused; entertain
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Dun (v)
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Make repeated, insistent demands for payment
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Empirical (adj)
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Relying solely on observation or experience
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Equivocate (v)
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Use misleading terms so as not to commit oneself
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Hypothetical (adj)
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Based on or involving a hypothesis
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Imprimatur (n)
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Authorization; sanction; approval
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Ingenuous (adj)
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Innocent and simple
