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702: Day 3 Flashcards

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Loll

A

Lounge about; to recline or lean in a relaxed manner

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Impiety

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Irreverence, Wickedness; Lack of

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Pragmatist

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Practical Person; Someone who focuses mainly on the success of failure of a thought or action

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Alias

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An assume name; fake name used to conceal one’s identity

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Chaff

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Anything regarded as worthless

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Obsolete

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Outmoded; So old its not used anymore

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Lambent

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Flickering; Softly Radiant; Running or moving lightly over a surface; dealing lightly and gracefully with a subject; brilliantly playful

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Innate

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Inborn; existing from birth

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Nemesis

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Revenging agent; something or someone who is an enemy and cannot be overcome

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Bawdy

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Indecent; Obscene

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Venial

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Forgivable; Trivial; Not serious

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Hypocritical

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Pretending to be virtuous

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Filch

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To steal; usually something of small value

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Iota

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Very small quantity

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Latitude

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Freedom from narrow limitations

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Insolvency

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Bankruptcy; lack of ability to repay debts

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Baffle

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To confuse, perplex, frustrate

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Macabr

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Ghastly, horrible, gruesome, having to do with death

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Alacrity

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Cheerful promptness

20
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Irremediable

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Incurable; Uncorrectable

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Apcryphal

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Not genuine; sham; fake

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Lethargic

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Drowsy; dull

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Belie

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Contradict; To show to be false; to misrepresent; to lie about or slander

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Obstetrician

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Physician specializing in delivery of babies

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Kinetic

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Having to do with or causing motion

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Wrath

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Fierce anger; fury

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Noxious

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Harmful

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Gullible

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Easily deceived or cheated

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Savant

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Scholar; a learned person

30
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Labyrinth

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Maze

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