Deck 36 Flashcards by Jason Feldman | Brainscape

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Chaste

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Free from obscenity

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Percipient

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Having perception, discerning

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Antebellum

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Before the war

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Oligarchy

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Ruled by select few

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Anthropocentric

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Regarding humanity as central fact of the universe

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Annals

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Record of events

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Amatory

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Pertaining to lovers

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Pedagogue

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Teacher

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Atrophy

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Wasting away of body tissue

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Deference

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Respect, Courtesy

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Extenuating

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Making less serious by offering excuses

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Apotheosis

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Glorification

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Protract

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Prolong, draw out, extend

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Adventitious

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Accidental

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Temporize

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Stall for time

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Jocund, Jocose

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Jesting, jolly

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Skinflint

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Stingy person

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Voluptuary

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Devoted to pleasure, luxury

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Haughtily

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Disdainfully proud, snobbish

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Adjure

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Beg or command