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Chapter 7 vocab Flashcards

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To calm or pacify, set to rest, to lessen or relieve

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Allay

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Reduce, alleviate, moderate

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Allay

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Beastlike, beasty, brutal; subhuman in intelligence and sensibility

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Bestial

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Anamalistic, loathsome

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Bestial

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Festive, sociable, having fun together, genial

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Convivial

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Fun-loving, jovial, merry

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Convivial

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A circle of acquaintances; a close-knit, often exclusive, group of people with a common interest

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Coterie

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Clique, set

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Coterie

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A person or thing closely resembling or corresponding to another; a complement

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Counterpart

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Match

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Counterpart

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Shameless boldness, impudence

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Effrontery

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Chutzpah, nerve, impertinence, cheek

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Effrontery

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To decorate, adorn, touch up; to improve by adding details

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Embellish

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Garnish

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Embellish

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Lasting only a short time, short lived

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Ephemeral

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Transient, evanescent, transitory

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Ephemeral

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Appropriate, apt, well chosen; marked by well-being or good fortune, happy

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Felicitous

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Fortunate, well-put

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Felicitous

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Done slyly or stealthily, sneaky, secret, shifty; stolen

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Furtive

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Covert, surreptitious

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Furtive

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Glaring; tastelessly, showy, or over decorated in a vulgar or offensive way

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Garish

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Gaudy, flashy, tawdry

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Garish

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Too far great, exceeding reasonable limits, excessive

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Inordinate

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Exorbitant, extravagant

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Inordinate

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To cast overboard, get rid of as unnecessary or burdensome

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Jettison

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A person who hates or despises people

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Misanthrope

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Cast-off, discard, dump, junk

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Jettison

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People-hater

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Misanthrope

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Of little value or importance, paltry, measly; concerned with trifling matters, small-minded

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Picayune

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Piddling, trifling

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Picayune

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POS Raiment

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Noun

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POS Jettison

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Verb

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POS Illusory

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Adjective

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POS Furtive

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Adjective

35
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POS Counterpart

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Noun

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