Class 4 Flashcards

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Impudent

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Bad manner or shamelessness

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Sarcastic

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Sounding like a sharp and ironic utterance designed to hurt someone.

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Disparage

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Belittle or condescend

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Animosity

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Ill will or resentment

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5
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Contempt

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To speak about someone in an insulting or condescending way

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Adverse

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Opposed to one’s interests; unfavourable

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Retort

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To answer (as an argument) by a counter argument

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Domain

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A territory over which ownership is exercised

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Inhabit

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To occupy as a place of settled residence or habitat

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Gaping

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Wide open

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Bovine

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Cowlike, oxlike

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Zeal

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Enthusiasm and dilligence

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Chafe

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Make sore for wrist

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Behoove

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Be necessary to do

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Deference

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Respect

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Dignitaries

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Someone with a high rank

17
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Bleak

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No hope or depressing

18
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Coup d’état

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Revolution

19
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Feud

A

Quarrel

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Apathy

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Lack of concern or interest

21
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Pacifist

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Someone who doesn’t like war

22
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Belligerent

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War-like

23
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Solicit

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To seek

24
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Revere

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Regard with respect

25
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Omnipotent

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Powerful

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Disparate

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Different

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Atrocious

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Brutal

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Sanction

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Laws

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Embargo

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An order from the government prohibiting merchant ships in and out of its ports

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Bigotry

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Intolerant against other beliefs or opinions