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Weak Words 28-32 Flashcards

1
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firebrand

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troublesome

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fervent

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ardent, hot

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exhorbitant

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excessive

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egregious

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excessively self-centered

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incumbent

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obligatory

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chaff

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worthless products of an endeavor

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mincing

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nice, elegant

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scamp

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rascal

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predispose

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give an inclination toward, make susceptible to

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ruse

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trick

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spasmodic

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fitful, periodic

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vulnerable

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susceptible to wounds

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civil

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courteous and polite

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impasse

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predicament from which there is no escape

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panegyric

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formal praise

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succumb

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yield, die

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valid

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logically convincing, legally acceptable

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unseemly

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indecent, in poor taste

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visonary

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produced by imagination

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precipice

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dangerous position

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21
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witless

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foolish, idiotic

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22
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unfetter

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liberate

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23
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squabble

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minor quarreling

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24
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preternatural

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beyond what is normal in nature

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25
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enunciate

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speak distinctly

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26
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communal

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shared in common by everyone

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27
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hallucination

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delusion

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28
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aver

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assert with confidence

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29
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thrifty

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careful with money

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30
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cloister

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monastery or covenant

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31
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ballast

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heavy substance used to ass weight

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32
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anthology

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book of literary selection by various authors

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33
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eon

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long period of time

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34
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deplete

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reduce, exhaust

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35
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pathetic

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causing sadness

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36
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heinous

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hatefully bad

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37
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machinations

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evil schemes

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38
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demagogue

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leader of the people

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39
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nullify

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to make invalid

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40
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parity

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close resemblance

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cohesion

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tendency to keep together

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42
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propriety

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rightness, correct conduct

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43
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reputed

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supposed

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44
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responsiveness

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state of reacting readily to orders

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45
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glaring

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highly conspicuous

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46
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sinuous

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indirect, bending in and out

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47
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rend

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split, tear apart

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48
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seminary

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academy for young women

49
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quarry

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victim

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sybarite

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lover of luxury

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leniency

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mildness

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retroactive

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taking effect before enactment

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mutability

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ability to change in form

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penchant

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strong inclination

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malignant

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tending to cause death

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obsequious

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servile

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tarry

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delay

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dulcet

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sweet sounding

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bale

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letdown, restrain

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bemoan

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disapproval

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grouse

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complain, fuss

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inordinate

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unrestrained

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corollary

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consequences

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epic

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long heroic poem

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ethos

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underlying character of a culture

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ingenue

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an artless girl

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deploy

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spread out troops in an extended line

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balm

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something that relieves pain

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politic

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well-advised

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bumptious

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self-assertive

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catalyst

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something that cause activity between 2 or more forces without itself being affected

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accost

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approach and speak first to a person

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forensic

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suitable to debate

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averse

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reluctant, disinclined

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slovenly

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untidy

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convene

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assemble

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wean

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give up a cherished activity

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intimate

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hint, suggest

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anthropocentric

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regarding human beings as the center of the universe

80
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debacle

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sudden downfall

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galvanize

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stimulate by shock

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potentate

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monarch, sovereign

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deft

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neat, skillful

84
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dissimulate

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pretend

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parochial

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narrow in outlook

86
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blase

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bored with pleasure

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generate

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produce, create

88
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canter

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slow gallop

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adverse

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unfavorable, hostile

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fluke

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unlikely occurence

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introspective

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looking within oneself

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revile

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vilify

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meek

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quiet and obedient

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stint (v)

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set limits

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lilliputian

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extremely small

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imponderable

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not able to be determined precisely

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progeny

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children

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circuitous

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roundabout

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dictum

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a saying, maxim

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repreive

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temporary stay

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unconscionable

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excessive

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gentry

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people of standing

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scintillate

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sparkle, flash

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condole

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express sympathy

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sunder

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separate, part

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phlegmatic

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calm

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slake

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quench

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astringent

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binding

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propagate

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multiply, spread

110
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allude

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refer indirectly

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contiguous

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adjacent to

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deign

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condescend, stoop

113
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quibble

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minor objection

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debuntate

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young woman making formal entrance into society

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stupor

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daze, lack of awareness

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pique (V)

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provoke or arouse

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inimical

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unfriendly

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calumnly

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slander

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epithet

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inscription in memory of a dead person

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