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Chapter 7 Flashcards

1
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Credo

A

Creed or belief

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Crescendo

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Increase in volume

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3
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Curmudgeon

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Churlish, Miserly individual

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Curtailed

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To shorten, to reduce

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5
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Cynosure

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The object of general attention

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Debacle

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Downfall, breaking up

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7
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Debase

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To lower the character or worth of something

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Decimate

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To kill, usually one out of ten

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Decrepitude

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State of collapse caused by old age or illness

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10
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Deference

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Courteous respect or regard

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11
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Defunct

A

No longer in existence, extinct

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12
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Deign

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To grant with condescension

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13
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Deleterious

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Harmful

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14
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Denigrate

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To blacken

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15
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Denizen

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Inhabitant or resident

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Codicil

A

Supplement to the body of a will

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17
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Cogent

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Convincing

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18
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Colloquial

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Pertaining to conversation common speech

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Comatose

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In a coma, extremely sleepy

20
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Commence

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To begin or initiate

21
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Compendium

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Brief comprehensive summary

22
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Compensatory

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Making up for, repaying

23
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Complicity

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Participation, involvement

24
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Congenital

A

Existing from birth

25
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Conjecture

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Surmise, guess

26
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Contiguous

A

Adjacent to, touching upon

27
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Convoluted

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Involved, intricate

28
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Cordon

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Extended line or fortification to prevent access or egress

29
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Correlation

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Mutual relationship, connection

30
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Cozen

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To cheat or swindle

31
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Capricious

A

Unpredictable

32
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Careen

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To lurch, to sway from side to side

33
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Catalyst

A

Agent which brings about change, while it remains unchanged or unaffected

34
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Carp

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To find fault in a nagging way, to complain about something minor

35
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Catharsis

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Purging or cleansing of any passage of the body

36
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Cauterize

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To burn or sear a wound

37
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Caustic

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Corrosive, sarcastic

38
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Celerity

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Speed, rapidity

39
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Chagrin

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Feeling of embarrassment or distress

40
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Charisma

A

Special charm that captures the public imagination

41
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Chimerical

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Fantastically improbable, highly unrealistic, imaginary, mystical

42
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Circumlocution

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Indirect or roundabout expression

43
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Circumspect

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Prudent, cautious

44
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Clemency

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Leniency or mercy, merciful act

45
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Climatic

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Pertaining to the most intense part of the story

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