CMC vocab 2 Flashcards

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Sonorous

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A loud deep sound

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Avid

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Very eager, greedy, desperate for something

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Avarice

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Desire for money

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4
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Allay

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Put in rest, calm, quiet down,relief

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5
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Cleave

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Cut, divide, split
OR put together, stick

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apathy

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Indifferent, Uninterested, emotionless

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7
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Sylph

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A slender graceful women
OR supernatural beings

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reparation

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money that a country or group that loses a war pays because of the damage, injury, deaths, etc.

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Convalescence

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Recovery of health after illness

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9
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ample

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providing or doing more than what is needed

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10
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Oscillate

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To move back and fourth, to keep changing

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exposition

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clear explanation

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12
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Affable

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Easy to talk to, approachable

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12
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Livid

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Angry, gray, dark in color

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Filial

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Relating to a son or daughter

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Decorum

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To fix manners
Show respect

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Ample

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Doing or proving more than needed

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Apathy

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Opposite of empathy, emotionless, indifferent or uninterested

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Flagrant

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Noticeable, obvious, bad

18
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ruse

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a trick or act to trick someone

18
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Gallows

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Wooden frame, execution machine

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audacious

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very confident and daring, ( can be seen as rude sometimes too )

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substantiate

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provide evidence to support or prove the truth of.

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averse

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strongly disliking something

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chasm

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a deep opening or hole in the earth, or seperation between people, groups, etc.

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