Ch 11 Def Flashcards

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Late tardy

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Belated

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To make calm soothe to relieve satisfy to yield to

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Appease

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Causing great misfortune

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Calamitous

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To quote to mention to summon to appear in court to commend recommend

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Cite

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n line with accepted ideas or standards trite

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Conventional

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To lure into a trap a person or thing used to lure into a trap

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Decoy

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To dig to search deeply and thoroughly into

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Delve

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To follow in order come immediately after and as a result

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Ensue

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Heroic courage respect and courtesy and actor statement marked by a high level of courtesy

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Gallantry

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To make known to help to give pass something

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Impart

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Using or showing good judgment why since

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Judicious

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To bring about an agreement between persons or groups act as a go-between occupying a middle position in direct acting through an intermediary

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Mediate

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12
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The setting surrounding environment

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Millieu

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Strange freakish weird foreign looking out of the way do you geographical remote exceeding reasonable limits

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Outlandish

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Domineering monte bowling overpowering predominate

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Overbearing

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High-spirited lively bold saucy Jaunty

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Pert

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To feast entertain agreeable

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Regale

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Lazy lacking in ambition and energy and efficient

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Shiftless

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A stain spot or a mark of corruption or diss honor to stain or contaminate

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Taint

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I peculiar way of acting a sudden twist your turn

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Quirk