Word List 9 A-D Flashcards by Madeline Fagen

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abstemious

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avoiding extremes, especially in eating and drinking

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acrophobia

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fear of heights

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affront

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insult

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ambulatory

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able to move

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antipathy

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dislike

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appropriation

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setting something aside for a specific use

2. seizing something

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ardent

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full of strong feelings

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auspicious

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showing signs of future success, favorable

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baneful

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harmful

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bastion

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a fortified place

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beleaguer

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to weigh down, to burden

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bemoan

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to regret deeply

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bequeath

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to hand down

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betoken

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to be a sign of, to foreshadow

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blithe

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happy, carefree

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boor

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rude person

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bulwark

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defensive wall

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caliper

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instrument that measures thickness

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catcall

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sound of disapproval

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caulk

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to seal

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chortle

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to laugh

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circumspect

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careful

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clandestine

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secret, hidden

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comely

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attractive

conjugal

having to do with marriage

contravene

to go against

cosmographer

one who studies the order of the universe

creed

a system of beliefs

deed

2. legal document indicating ownership

deftly

skillfully

depose

to remove from office

desiccate

to dry out

diatribe

angry speech attacking someone

din

loud, continuous noise

disparate

different

divest

to take something away from someone else

dolt

stupid person

dour

silent and gloomy. unfriendly

duplicity

hypocrisy, deception