46-90 Flashcards by Ashanna Copeland

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Tedium

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Quality of being boring for a long time

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Statue

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Rule or law made by government, formally written

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Egotism

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Talking abt urself too much

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Deference

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Respectful submission

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Naivete

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Quality or state of being naive

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Hedonism

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Doctrine that pleasure or happiness is the highest good

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Nonplussed

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Surprised, confused, not certain how to react

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Petulant

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Easily annoyed

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Discombobulated

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To be confused, upset, frustrated

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Temporal

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Not having much of it

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Transience

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Lasts a short time, constantly changing

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Ephemeral

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Lasting a very short time

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Unvarnished

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Plain, straightforward

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Sultry

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Oppressively hot

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Nostalgic

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Sentimental yearning for happiness in a former place, time, situation

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Gaudy

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Flashy, cheaply showing

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Acerbic

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Harsh, severe

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Apologist

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A person who makes a defense in speech

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Avaricious

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Greedy, covetous

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Moralist

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A person who teaches or inculcated morality

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Approximate

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To come close to

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Perpetuity

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Eternity

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Pervasive

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Spread throughout

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Aspire

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To aim ambitiously

Compel

To force, especially to a course of action

Treacherous

Readiness to betray trust

Inversion

A reversal

Summative

Happens at the end

Bestial

Relating to or having the form of a beast

Remand

To send back

Ignorant

Lacking n knowledge or training

Scathing

Bitterly severe

Exasperated

Extremely annoyed

Sarcasm

Harsh or bitter irony

Virtue

Moral excellence

Vice

Immoral or evil habit

Solicitude

Anxiety or concern

Heritage

Handed down from the past

Absolve

To free from guilt or blame or their consequences

Deplore

To disapprove of greatly

Imply

To hint

Homage

Respect or reverence paid

Lament

Mourn over

Delineate

To trace the outline of

Onomatopoeic

Having the characterization of onomatopoeia