Vocabulary Flashcards

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Semi circle recess and a building usually vaulted

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Apse

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Oppressively hot or moist or characterized by arousing passion (horny)

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Sultriness

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Cotton striped jacket

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Seersucker

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Officer in navy; lowest commissioned

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Ensign

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To urge

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Exhorted

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Peculiar

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Idiosyncratic

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Spies

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Emissaries

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Elation of mind or feeling

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Exaltation

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Something impressive or striking

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Spectacle

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Position requiring little or no work

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sinecure

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Small feisty quarrelsome person (Taylor)

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Bantam

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Projecting or pointing outwards; conspicuous or prominent

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Salient

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The act of killing ones brother

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fratricide

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And embarrassing mishap

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Contretemps

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Uttered with emphasis

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emphatic

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Mocking treatment of a solemn subject

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Burlesque

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To recognize

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Discern

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Uselessness

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Hey stranger flows to a larger body of water

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To cause any regular affect

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To make weak

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State of being hostile to another mutual hatred

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A religion that has many gods

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Radiance quality of being bright

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To intrude on a person's territory
Encroach
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Characterized by thoughtful analysis of deep conflicts and occurrences calm attitude to difficult situations
Philosophical
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Stripped of covering or assets
Denuded
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Polite pleasant or friendly
Cordial
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Phantom or ghost like
Spectral
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To make drunk by liquor (Brandy)
Inebriated
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Gymnastics exercise to achieve bodily fitness
Calisthenics
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To move in and up and down manner/bounce
Jonce
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Express harsh criticism especially in a funny way
Mordant
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Trail of strength
BOUTS
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Birdie
Shuttlecock
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To move in a wavelike pattern
Undulate
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Latin principles of organization and proper completion
Haphazard
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To get to something undesirable
Inured
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Adages or short statements of truth
Aphorisms
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Disbanded
Cacophony
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Presents but not developed or active
latent
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luxurious
Opulent
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State or society without government or law
Anarchy
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Treacherous
Insidious