Vocab Flashcards

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Apology

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An acknowledgment expressing regret or asking pardon for a fault or offense

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2
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Commiserate

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To feel or express sorrow or Pity for; sympathize with

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3
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Dismay

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To destroy the courage or resolution of by exciting dread or apprehension

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4
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Disparage

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To speak of in a slighting or disrepectful way

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5
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Eulogy

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A laudatory speech or written tribute especially one praising someone who has died

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6
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Grievance

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An actual supposed circumstance regarded as just cause for complaint.

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7
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Maudlin

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Tearfully sentimental

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8
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Pathos

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A quality as of an experience or work of art that arouses feelings of Pity sympathy or tenderness or sorrow

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9
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Sentimental

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Characterized or swayed by sentiment

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10
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Snub

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To ignore or behave rudely toward; dismiss

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11
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Solemn

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Deep, Ernest serious, sober

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12
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Sympathy

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A relationship or an affinity between people or things in which whatever affects one correspondingly affects the other

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13
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Tantrum

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A fit of bad temper

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14
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Virulent

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Extremely infectious, malignant or poisonous

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15
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Aggressor

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One that engages in aggression

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