Chapter 1-5 Flashcards
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Prate
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to talk idly
2
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languid
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having little strength or energy
3
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tenacity
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determination, firmness
4
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indolent
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disliking activity
5
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vitiated
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ruined or spoiled
6
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expatiate
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to speak or write in detail
7
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torpor
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sluggishness, inactivity
8
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tribunal
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judgement seat, judiciary body
9
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Culprit
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guilty person
10
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penal
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relating to punishment
11
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evanescent
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vanishing like vapor
12
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ignominy
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disgrace and humiliation
13
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rheumatic
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stiff, diseased
14
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mien
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ones bearing, demeanor
15
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phantasmagoric
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Imaginary, consistently changing
16
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Utopia
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a perfect society
17
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congenial
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sympathetic, agreeable
18
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inauspicious
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unpromising, foreboding
19
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appended
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attached or added
20
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sagacity
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wisdom, discernment
21
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eminent
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distinguished, prominent
22
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Purport
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meaning, significance
23
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insubordination
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disobedience to authority
24
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requital
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return, repayment
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paramour
secret lover
26
amenable
compliant
27
draught
liquid to be drunk
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Morbid
diseased, sickly
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lurid
melodramatic, sensational
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vivify
to put life into, to animate
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inscrutable
incomprehensive, mysterious
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emolument
salary, pay
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succor
to help, to relieve
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incredulity
disbelief or skepticism
