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chapter 4 Flashcards

1
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Abbreviated

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Shortened

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Acquiesce

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Accept something reluctantly but without protest

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Assiduous

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Showing great care and perseverance

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Detract

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  1. To diminish the value of something
  2. Cause someone or something to be diverted from.
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Enclosure

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An area sealed by an artificial barrier

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Eschew

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Deliberately refrain from using.

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Impart

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make information known

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Mannerism

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a habitual gesture or way of speaking or behaving; an idiosyncrasy

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Nebulous

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in the form of smoke, cloud, haze

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Recoil

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Suddenly flinch back in fear or horror

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Remuneration

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money paid for work or a service

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Rime

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frost formed on cold objects by the rapid freezing of water vapor in cloud or fog

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Suave

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charming, confident, elegant

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Virulent

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disease or poison extremely harmful or lethal in effects

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Writ

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Ones athourity

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Amorous

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loving

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Chaos

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complete disfunction and confusion

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Combine

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merge

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Demeanor

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outward behaving; manner

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Divulge

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make known

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Ephemeral

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lasting a very short time

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Epitome

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a person or thing that is perfect at an action or activity

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Gorge

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a narrow valley with steep rocky walls

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Guttural

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deep sound produced in the throat, harsh sounding

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Hilt

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handle of a weopon or tool

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Mimic

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imitation

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Paramount

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more important than anything else

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Portcullis

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a strong, heavy grating that can be lowered down grooves on each side of a gateway to block it.

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Replenish

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fill something up again

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Rigorous

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extremely thorough and exausting

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Temporal

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non-spititual, secular

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Apparition

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a ghost or ghostlike image of a person

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Cloister

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An open gallery along the walls of a building

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Counterfeit

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not-genuine

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Delta

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fourth letter of the Greek alphabet; a place where a river flows into a sea

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Fluent

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able to express oneself clearly

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Gingerly

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in a careful way

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Heretic

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person who opposes the teachings of his church

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Lucrative

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profitable

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Martyr

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person who is killed because of religious beliefs

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Pious

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religious person

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Prudent

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showing care and through of their future

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Sensuous

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provides enjoyment to the senses

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Snub

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rudely ignore, short

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Torpid

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sluggish

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Undoing

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bringing to ruin, reversal

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Vouch

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assert or confirm as a result of one’s own experience that something is true or accurately so described

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