Chapters 7,8 & 9 Flashcards

1
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insisting or demanding something

A

insistant

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2
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an accidental or temporary decline

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lapse

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3
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unsure

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tentative

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4
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sudden or unexpected

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abrupt

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5
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a loud confused noise

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tumult

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6
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done in a pompousley manner (to impress)

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portentous

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7
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showing lack of respect

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irreverent

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8
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experienced in the inagination through the feelings or actions of another person

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vicarious

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9
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bitterness or restfullness, especially when long-standing

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rancor

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10
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inspiriing fear or respect through being impressively large, powerfull, or intense

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formidable

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11
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an airtight container for keeping cigars or tabacco moist

A

humidor

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12
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to unusual, extreme, or indefinite to be adequately described

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indescernible

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13
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a long upholstered seat for more than one person

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settee

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14
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to be in an alliance or partnership to make or carry out secret plans

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in cahoots

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15
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a peice of turf cut out of the ground by a gold club in making a stroke

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divot

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16
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excessibely talkative, especially on tribial matters

17
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pitifully sad and abandoned or lonely

18
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heavily loaded or weighed down

19
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expressed in an incomprehensible or confusing way (unclear)

A

incoherant

20
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capable of being imagined or grasped mentally

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concievable

21
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a satire or lampoon, origanally one displayed or delivered publicly in a public place

22
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crazy or insane

23
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suppose that something is true without having evidence to confirm it

24
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unnecessary, especially through being more then enough

A

superfluousthe

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skill of clearn and expresive speech, especially fo distict pronunciation and articulation
elocution
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to great, intense, or awful to descibe
unutterable
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so delicate or percise as to be difficult to annalyze or describe
subtle
28
frenzied
orgastic
29
carried or transported by the thing specified
borne
30
continuously and without end
ceaselessly