Chapter 28 Flashcards

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Encumber

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To weight down, burden

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Verbose

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Wordy

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Primeval

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Original, ancient

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Appropriate

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To make use of

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Facile

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Easy

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Exasperate

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Раздражать, irritate

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Mawkish

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Characterized by sick sentimentality

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Submissive

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Easily yielding to authority

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Embellish

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To decorate

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Extricate

A

Выпутываться

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Edict

A

An order

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Sobriety

A

Calmness

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Demeanor

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Behavior

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Enfranchise

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To grant the vote to

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Cunning

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Sly

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Complacent

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Self-satisfied ignorance of danger

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Incumbent

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One who holds an office