Chapter 14 Vocabulary Flashcards

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Adj- bad beyond correction or reform

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Incorrigible

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Adj- boldness or daring, especially with comfort or arrogant disregard

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Audacity

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Verb- to feel disgust or intense aversion

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Loathe

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Verb- to render or declare legally void or inoperate

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Nullify

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Verb- to withdraw or disavow (a statement opinion, ect), especially formally

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Recant

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Adj- slavishly submissive or ob

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Servile

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Verb- to speak ill of; defame; slander

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Vilify

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Verb- to make weak or feeble

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Debilitate

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Adj- having or regarding the self or the individual as the center of all rights

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Egocentric

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Adj- irritable, impatient, or sullen in a peevish or capricious way

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Petulant

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Adj- tending or threatening to break out into open violence; explosive

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Volatile

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Adj- caused by or showing sincere remorse

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Contrite

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Verb- to express earners disapproval of

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Deprecate

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Adj- intended for instruction

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Didactic

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Verb- to combine or blend by melting together

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Fuse

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