3 Flashcards

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Censure

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To condemn someone that they have done something wrong

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2
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Choler

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Anger

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3
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Circumspection

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Knowing how to avoid embarrassment or distress

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4
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Consecrate

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Give entirely to a specific person, activity, or cause

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5
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Cuckold

A

Husband whose wife has been unfaithful

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6
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Cudgel

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Short, heavy club

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7
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Dilatory

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Wasting time

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8
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Dissemble

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Put on false appearance

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9
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Dotage

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Old age

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10
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Edified

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Instructed and encouraged in moral, intellectual, and spiritual improvement

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11
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Egregious

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Conspicuously bad or offensive

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12
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Enfettered

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Bound or enchained

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13
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Epithet

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An abusive insulting word or phrase

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14
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Expostulate

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Express disagreement to dissuade action

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15
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Facile

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Arrived at without due care or effort; lacking depth

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16
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Fulsome

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Unpleasantly and excessively suave or ingratiating in manner or speech

17
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Garner

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Win or gain something

18
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Hie

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To go in a hurry

19
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Homage

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A show of reverence and respect

20
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Importune

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Bother insistently

21
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Iniquity

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Great injustice or extreme immorality

22
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Inordinate

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Excessive or unrestrained

23
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Insolent

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Showing an aggressive lack of respect in speech or behavior

24
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Laconic

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Brief and to the point; effectively cut short

25
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Languish

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To be neglected or deprived