Chapter 1-5 Flashcards by Riley Hybertson

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Prate

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to talk idly

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languid

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having little strength or energy

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tenacity

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determination, firmness

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indolent

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disliking activity

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vitiated

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ruined or spoiled

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expatiate

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to speak or write in detail

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torpor

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sluggishness, inactivity

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tribunal

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judgement seat, judiciary body

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Culprit

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guilty person

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penal

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relating to punishment

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evanescent

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vanishing like vapor

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ignominy

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disgrace and humiliation

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rheumatic

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stiff, diseased

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mien

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ones bearing, demeanor

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phantasmagoric

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Imaginary, consistently changing

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Utopia

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a perfect society

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congenial

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sympathetic, agreeable

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inauspicious

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unpromising, foreboding

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appended

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attached or added

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sagacity

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wisdom, discernment

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eminent

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distinguished, prominent

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Purport

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meaning, significance

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insubordination

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disobedience to authority

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requital

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return, repayment

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paramour

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secret lover

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amenable

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compliant

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draught

A

liquid to be drunk

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Morbid

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diseased, sickly

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lurid

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melodramatic, sensational

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vivify

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to put life into, to animate

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inscrutable

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incomprehensive, mysterious

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emolument

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salary, pay

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succor

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to help, to relieve

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incredulity

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disbelief or skepticism