Chapter 17 Flashcards

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To give in

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Capitulate

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Feeling or expressing respect or awe

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Reverent

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Having an honored name or reputation, having prestige

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Prestigious

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A state of mental numbers, a daze

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Stupor

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5
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A person who tries to win favor through flattery

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Sycophant

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Wildly silly or comical

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Zany

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Smooth in manner, elegant, polished, suave

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Urbane

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A feeling that something bad is going to happen

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Premonition

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Highly noticeable in a negative way, conspicuously bad

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Egregious

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To persuade with flattery, to sweet-talk

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Cajole

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