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226-270 Flashcards

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1
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Punitive

A

Inflicting punishment

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Abhorrence

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Abomination

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Enervate

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Weaken

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Sardonic

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Sneering

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Soporific

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Drowsy

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Stentorian

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Very loud or powerful in sound

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Incessant

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Unending

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Exemplar

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An original or archetype

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Jargon

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The language peculiar to a particular trade

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Aesthetic

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Concerned with Notions such as the beautiful and The Ugly

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Facade

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A superficial appearance

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12
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Coquettish

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Characteristically flirtatious

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13
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Sully

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To soil

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Specious

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Apparently good

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15
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Vicarious

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Experience in the imagination through another person

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16
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Eulogy

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A speech In Praise of a person or thing

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Crass

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Stupid

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18
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Paean

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Any song of praise

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Ebullient

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Overflowing with excitement

20
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Conjuncture

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The formation of an opinion without sufficient evidence

21
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Morose

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Gloomily ill humored

22
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Primogeniture

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First born of the same parents

23
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Staunch

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Firm or steadfast in principle

24
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Disputatious

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Argumentative

25
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Moniker

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A person’s name

26
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Berate

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To scold

27
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Superlative

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Of the highest kind

28
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Skeptic

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A person who questions

29
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Empathy

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The psychological identification with experiencing the feelings of another

30
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Incredulity

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Inability to believe

31
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Censorious

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Severely critical

32
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Pensive

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Dreamily thoughtful

33
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Resonant

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Echoing of sounds

34
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Sonorous

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A deep sound

35
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Capacious

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Spacious

36
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Joie de vivre

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A delight in being alive

37
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Noisome

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Offensive or disgusting

38
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Ascetic

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A person who dedicates their life to a Pursuit of self-denial for religious reasons

39
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Decadent

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Characterized by decadence

40
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Existential

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Relating to existence

41
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Transcendental

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Transcendent

42
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Serendipitous

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Found by accident good

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Malaise

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A condition of General bodily weakness

44
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Poemical

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Controversial

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Obsolescence

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The states of becoming obsolete

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