Chapter 5 Flashcards
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garner
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(v) to gather, collect, or hoard
2
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Fecund
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(adj)producing or capable of producing offspring fruit, vegetation, etc
3
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Fiat
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(n) an authoritative decree, sanction, or order
4
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enervate
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(v)to deprive of force or strength; destroy the vigor; weaken
5
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Depraved
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Corrupt, wicked, or perverted
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Mundane
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common; ordinary
7
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Penchant
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(n)a strong inclination, taste or liking for something
8
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Ubiquitous
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(adj)existing or being every where, especially at the same time
9
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reputed
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(adj) reported or supposed to be such
10
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malediction
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a curse
11
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overweening
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(adj) presumptuously arrogant; overbearing
12
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sophistry
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(n)a false argument
13
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nuance
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(n)a slight degree of difference in anything perceptible to the sense of the mind
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sumptuous
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(adj)rich and costly
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ignominy
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(n) great personal dishonor or humiliation
