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Vocab August 27 Flashcards

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Austere

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Plain

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Pious

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Virtuous

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Squalid

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Dirty

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Enigmatic

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Puzzling

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Truculent

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Fierce, eager or quick to argue or fight; aggressively defiant.

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Aver

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(v) state or assert to be the case

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Mendicant

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Given to begging

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Fractious

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Irritable or quarrelsome

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Minatory

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Threatening

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Cull

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Select from a large quantity; obtain from a variety of sources

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Countenance

Reluctant to countenance crime during BMI

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Permit or tolerate, admit as acceptable or possible, a person’s face or facial expression

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Eschew

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Avoid or abstain from

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Coeval

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Similar in duration

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Primeval

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Belonging to first age of world

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Anachronistic

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Old fashioned, belonging to older period, belonging to period other than being portrayed

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Ossified

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Hardened to the bone

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Verdant

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Green with plant life

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Aggrandize

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Increase in size

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Essay

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Attempt or try

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Consecrate

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Make sacred

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Bestow

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Grant or give

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Avocation

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Done for pleasure or hobby

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Sinecures

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Position that requires no work

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Archetype

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Model from which other things are copied; a very typical example of a certain person or thing

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Paens
Song of joy
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Billets
Jobs or positions
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Abstruse Difficult to say this word, also difficult to…
Difficult to understand
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Unctuous
Excessively flattering, oily
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Consonance
Agreement, harmony
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Solicitude Tyler’s solicitude for Aunt Susan went unappreciated
Care for well being of others
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Enervation
Weakening of strength, vitality, or energy
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Equanimity
Composure, calm, and even temperature
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Espousal
Adoption or advocacy
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Idolatry
Blind or excessive devotion
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Opportunism
Conscious policy and practice of taking selfish advantage of circumstances, with little regard to principles
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Hackneyed
Stale or overused
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Cogent
Convincing
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Specious
Argument that lacks merit
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Untenable
Incapable of being defended
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Germane
Relevant
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Harangue
Deliver a pompous speech; lecture (someone) at length in an aggressive and critical manner.
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Chicanery
Trickery or subterfuge
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Impudent (isa)
Saucy, impertinent, bold, & disrepectful
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Obsequious Obsequiously serve Orlando
Exhibiting fawning attentiveness
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Irascible Irascible old man
Easily angered
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Bombast
Self important or pompous writing or speech
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Obdurate
Stubbornly refusing to change one's opinion or course of action
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Deride
Express contempt for; ridicule
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Castigation
To subject to severe punishment, reproof, or criticism
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Diatribe
A forceful and bitter verbal attack against someone or something
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Furtive
Attempting to avoid notice or attention, typically because of guilt or a belief that discovery would lead to trouble; secretive.
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Surreptitious
Kept secret, especially because it would not be approved of.
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Derision
Contemptuous ridicule or mockery.
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Recalcitrant
Having an obstinately uncooperative attitude toward authority or discipline.
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Craven
Contemptibly lacking in courage; cowardly
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Satiated Satiate your hunger
Satisfied
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Overt
Done or shown openly; plainly or readily apparent, not secret or hidden
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Covert
Not openly acknowledged or displayed

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