Vocabulary Flashcards by Cassidy Jacobs | Brainscape

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Posterity

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Future generations

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Omnipotent

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Able to handle any situation, a lot of power

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Redress

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Compensation/relief for a wrong

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Perfidy

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An act of “backstabbing”

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Consanguinity

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Close relationship

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Unalienable

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Ours, forever

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Avarice

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Desire to hoard and gain wealth

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Conjecture

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Guess

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Undulation

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A wavy appearance

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Pall

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An oppressive shroud

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Importunate

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Overly persistent

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Impropriety

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An immoral “whoops”

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Ignominy

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Public disgrace/ contempt

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Venerable

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Great deal of respect because of age or wisdom

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Iniquity

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Gross injustice or wickedness

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Benevolent

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Kind

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Superfluous

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Excessive

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Expedient

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Tending to promote a desired object

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Conceive

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To form an opinion, purpose

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Equate

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Regard or represent

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Implicit

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Implied

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Innovation

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New or different; introduced

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Connotation

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Secondary meaning of a word

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Denotation

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Explicit of direct meaning of a word

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Oratory

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Repetitive words to highlight the concept or point

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Prosody

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Changing voice to emphasize points

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Penance

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Punishment undergone in token for a sin

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Caprice

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Sudden unpredictable change

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Eminent

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High in station, rank of repute

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Iniquity

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Gross injustice or wickedness

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Erudite

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Characterized by great knowledge

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Direct objects

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Answers question “what” or “whom”

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Indirect object

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To what for whom

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Pilfer

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To steal