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Ch 11 Flashcards

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Adumbrate (v)

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To foreshadow vaguely, intimate, suggest, or outline sketchily

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Boor (n)

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Rude or insensitive person

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Chary (adj)

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Wary; cautious; sparing

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Desiccate (v)

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To dry out or dehydrate

To make dry or dull

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Endemic (adj)

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Characteristic or found in a particular region or people

Indigenous

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Filigree (n)

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An ornamental work, especially of delicate lacelike patterns
Resembling such a pattern

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Guile (n)

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Trickery, duplicity, cunning

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Hubris (n)

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Excessive pride or self confidence

Arrogant presumption

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Importune (v)

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To ask incessantly, beg, nag

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Lumber (v)

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To move heavily and clumsily or with a rumbling sound

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Mettlesome (adj)

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Courageous, high-spirited

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Onerous (adj)

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Troubling, burdensome

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Penchant (n)

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Strong inclination, a liking

• my penchant for fine wines

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Redolent (adj)

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Suggestive or evocative

Odorous or smelling

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Seine (n)

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Large net hung out and dragged in to catch fish

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Timorous (adj)

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Timid, fearful, different

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Virulent (adj)

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Extremely harmful or poisonous, bitterly hostile or antagonistic

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Aesthetic (adj)

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Dealing with, appreciative of, or responsive to art or the beautiful

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Broach (v)

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Bring up, announce, begin to talk about

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Chasten (v)

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To inflict suffering upon for purposes of moral improvement

To restrain; subdue

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