Chapter 1 Flashcards
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Assuaged
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- Make (an unpleasant feeling) less intense.
2. Satisfy (an appetite or desire).
2
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Apothecary
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- A person who prepared and sold medicines and drugs.
3
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Taciturn
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- (Of a person) reserved or uncommunicative in speech; saying little.
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Chattel
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- (In general use) a personal possession.
5
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Unsullied
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- Not spoiled or made impure.
6
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Dictum
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- A formal pronouncement from an authoritative source.
2. A short statement that expresses a general truth or principle.
7
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Strictures
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- A restriction on a person or activity.
2. A sternly critical or censorious remark or instruction.
8
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Dispatched
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- Send off to a destination or for a purpose.
2. Deal with (a task, problem, or opponent) quickly and efficiently.
9
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Ambled
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- Walk or move at a slow, relaxed pace.
10
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Detention
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- The action of detaining someone or the state of being detained in official custody, especially as a political prisoner.
- The punishment of being kept in school after hours
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Detachment
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- The state of being objective or aloof.
2. A group of troops, aircraft, or ships sent away on a separate mission.
12
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Repertoire
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- A stock of plays, dances, or pieces that a company or a performer knows or is prepared to perform.
- The whole body of items that are regularly performed.
- A stock of skills or types of behavior that a person habitually uses.
13
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Malevolet
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- Having or showing a wish to do evil to others
14
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Vapid
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- Offering nothing that is stimulating or challenging.
15
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Morbid
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- Characterized by or appealing to an abnormal and unhealthy interest in disturbing and unpleasant subjects, especially death and disease.
- Of the nature of or indicative of disease.
16
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Nocturnal
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- Done, occurring, or active at night.
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Stealthy
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- Behaving, done, or made in a cautious and surreptitious manner, so as not to be seen or heard.
18
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Mutilated
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- Inflict a violent and disfiguring injury on.
2. Inflict serious damage on.
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Predilection
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- A preference or special liking for something; a bias in favor of something.
20
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Domiciled
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- Treat a specified country as a permanent home.
21
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Filvver
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- A cheap car or aircraft, especially one in bad condition.
22
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Imtimidation
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- The action of intimidating someone, or the state of being intimidated.
23
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Nebulous
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- In the form of a cloud or haze; hazy.
24
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Transition
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- The process or a period of changing from one state or condition to another.
25
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Consession
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- A thing that is granted, especially in response to demands; a thing conceded.
