AT Word List #12 7 Flashcards

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Monstrosity

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an outrageous or hideous thing

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Negation

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a contradiction

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Nobility

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ruling class

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Nonchalance

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the state of not caring

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Novelist

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a writer of novels

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Objection

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a statement of disagreement

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Obstacle

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something that gets in the way

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Onset

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the beginning

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Outstrip

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to surpass

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Overlook

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to ignore

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Pallid

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pale; colorless

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12
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Parasite

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one who lives at the expense of others

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Patron

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customer

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Penitentiary

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prison

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Perceptual

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involving awarness

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Perjury

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a lie

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Phenomenology

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the study of observable events

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Phelgmatic

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unexitable

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Picturesque

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beautiful; charming

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Placid

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peaceful

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Pointed

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sharp

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Practicality

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usefulness without regard for apearnace

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Procurement

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something obtained