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Day 33 Flashcards

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opprobrium

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infamy; disgrace arising from shameful conduct, vilification; scorn

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dainty

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delicately beautiful, not easy to please

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lucre

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money, profit

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prone

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inclined to; likely to (suffer); prostrate; lying with the front downward

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prepossessing

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pleasing, pleasant

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monosyllabic

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having only one syllable

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ovation

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enthusiastic applause

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in/im

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into

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intent

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focused

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compulsive

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resulting from compulsion

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igneous

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produced by fire; of fire; volcanic;

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gestate

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evolve as in prenatal growth
n. gestation = period of development from conception

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meager

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small; scanty

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affected

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artificial, pretended

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hysteria

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excessive or uncontrollable excitement

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fiend

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evil spirit; devil

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bristle

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short stiff hair
v. stand up stiffly of hair or fur

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ineligible

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not suited, not qualified

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regale

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to entertain, to tell a story

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delineate *

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to describe

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jeopardize

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to put in danger

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renegade

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deserter, traitor

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misconduct

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immoral behavior, bad management

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anathema

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a thing that is hated or forbidden

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importune

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to urgently beg or plead

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aberration

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something abnormal or strange

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hypochondriac

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one obsessed with imaginary illnesses

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succumb

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to yield, to give in to

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anneal

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reduce brittleness and improve toughness by heating and cooling (metal or glass)

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terminus

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last stop of railroad; end

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primogeniture

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seniority by birth, state of being the first-born child, right of the eldest child

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