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arfticle quiz #6 Flashcards

1
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abdicate

A

to give up one’s responsibilities

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acquiesce

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to accept, comply, or submit tacitly

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appropriations

A

something that has been appropiated

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brethren

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a religious term for brothers

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5
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conjure

A

make someone to do something

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consanguinity

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related by blood or common ancestors

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depository

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a place to put something away for safekeeping

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magnanimity

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the quality of being magnanimous (generous)

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perfidy

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the quality of being faithless

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redress

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to set right

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usurpations

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an unlawful seizing

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querulous

A

complaining in an whining manner

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interdict

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to forbid in a usually formal manner

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equable

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not varying (stable)

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latent

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present and capable of emerging but not now visible, obvious

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facade

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the face of a building, especially the principal front that looks onto a street

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copings

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the top, typically sloping, course of brick or stone wall

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interminable

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having or seeming to have an end

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trodden

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to set down the foot in walking (tread)

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amicable

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friendliness

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effusion

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unrestrained expression of words

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efflux

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the flowing out of a paritcular substance

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stratagems

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a plan or a scheme esp. one used to outwit an opponet

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dally

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act or move slowly

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countenance

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the face as an indication of mood, emotion

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spartan

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marked by strict self- discipline and self-denial

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rout

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defeat and cause to retreat in disorder

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sublime

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very beautiful or good

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superfluous

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exceeding what is neccesary

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myriad

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a countless or extremely great number

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succint

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marked by compact precise expression w/o wasted words

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lucid

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expressed clearly

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culminate

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to reach a climax or point of highest development

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posterity

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all future generation of people

35
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conduce

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to lead or tend to a particular result

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apprise

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to inform

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appertaining

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to belong or be connected as a rightful part

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diminution

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a reduction in the size, extent of something

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zeal

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eagerness and ardent interest in pursuit of something

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arduous

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involving or requiring strenuous effort

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involiable

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never to be broken

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solicitude

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the state of being concerned or anxious

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indulgent

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willing to allow someone to have or enjoy something even though it may not be proper

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artifices

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clever or cunning devices

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palladiuim

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a safeguard of protection

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exalt

A

hold (someone or something) in very high regard

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appellation

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an identifying name or title

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requisite

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made necessary by particular circumstances

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endeavor

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to strive to achieve

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expedients

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something done or used to achieve a particular end

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acquiescence

A

that act of agreeing

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salutary

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producing good effects

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assuage

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the lessen the severity of

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maxims

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a general truth

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inveterate

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firmly established by long persistance

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antipathy

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deep-seated feeling of dislike

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pernicious

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highly injurious

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odium

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the state or fact of being subjected to hatred

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insidious

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a particular habit unlikely to change

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nominal

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name in only

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consecrate

A

make or declare

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cartel

A

an association of manufacturers

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patronizing

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to act as a patron of

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probative

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serving or tending to prove

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precedent

A

an earlier occurrence of something similar

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hearsay

A

rumor

67
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ex parte

A

a latin term for “from by or for”

Elite vocab words (29 decks)

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