26 Flashcards

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Recluse

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A person who is solitary and tends to avoid people

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2
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Palliate

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Make less severe

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3
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Succor

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Assistance and support in times of hardship

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4
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Metamorphose

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To change

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5
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Abeyant

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A state of temporary disuse or suspension

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6
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Bootless

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Ineffectual useless

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7
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Meet

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Suitable and proper

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8
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Condign

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Fitting and deserved

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9
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Delimited

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Determine the limits or boundaries of

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10
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Edacious

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Given to eat

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11
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Gustatory

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Sense of taste

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12
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Carnal

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Relating to physical and sexual needs

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13
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Voluptuous

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Luxury or sexual pleasure

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14
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Pip

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An excellent or attractive person

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15
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Nimbus

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Cloud

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16
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Goad

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Provoke or annoy

17
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Enfilades

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Volley of gunfire

18
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Fervency

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Passionate intensity

19
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Imprecations

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A spoken curse

20
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Salvos

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Simultaneous discharge of artillery

21
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Couth

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Cultured refined and well mannered

22
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Parity

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The state of being equal especially regarding status

23
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Bloviation

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Talk at length

24
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Patrimony

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Property inherited from ones father or ancestor

25
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Plenitude

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Condition of being complete or full

Abundance

26
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Prepossessing

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Attractive of appealing in appearance

27
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Venal

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Susceptible to bribery

28
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Lucre

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Money

29
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Payola

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Act of bribery

30
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Limn

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To highlight