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Ch 10 Flashcards

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Adulterate (v)

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To reduce purity by combining with inferior ingredients

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Boisterous (adj)

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Loud, noisy, rough, lacking restraint

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Bolster (v)

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To provide support or reinforcement

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Carnality (n)

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Something relating to the body or flesh

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Derision (n)

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Ridicule, mockery, scorn

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Encomium (n)

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Glowing and enthusiastic praise

Panegyric, tribute, eulogy

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Fetter (v)

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To shackle, put in chains, restrain

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Grouse (v)

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To complain or grumble

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Homily (n)

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A sermon or morally instructive lecture

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Implacable (adj)

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Not capable of being appeased or significantly changed

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Lucid (v)

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Intelligible, sound, clear

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Meretricious (adj)

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Pretentious, attractive but false, showy, having to do with prostitution

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Officious (adj)

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Pushy in offering one’s services where they are unwanted

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Pedantic (adj)

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Excessive attention to formal rules, unimaginative

Ostentatious display of learning

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Recumbent (adj)

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Leaning, resting, prone

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Scurvy (adj)

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Despicable

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Terse (adj)

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Brief and concise in wondering

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Vilify (v)

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Defame, characterize harshly

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Pedestrian (adj)

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Commonplace, trite, unremarkable

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Sedulous (adj)

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Diligent, persistent, hard working

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