Deck 5 Flashcards

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Investiture

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investing in a person

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Invective

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a verbal assault

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Inveterate

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confirmed

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Invidious

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obnoxious

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Irascible

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easily angered

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Itinerant

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wandering

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Itinerary

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plan or route

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Jingoism

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warmongering

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Jubilee

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celebration

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Juncture

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meeting point

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Jurisprudence

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philosophy of law

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Juxtaposition

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next to

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Knoll

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death bells

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Lachrymose

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fearful

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Laconic

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of few words

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Lampoon

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to mock

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Lapidary

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precious

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Libertine

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have no morals

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Licentious

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immoral

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Liniment

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medicine or bandages

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Lissome

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agile

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Litigation

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lawsuit

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Loquacious

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talkative

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Luscious

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tasty

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Machination

A

plan

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Malapropism

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misused word

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Malinger

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to fake illness

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Manifold

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diverse

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Martinet

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disciplinarian

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Matriculate

A

to enter college

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Mendacious

A

dishonest

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Meretricious

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gaudy

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Militate

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fight against

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Misanthrope

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one who hates humanity

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Missive

A

a note

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Moot

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purely academic

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Mores

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morals

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Moratorium

A

delay

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Moribund

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dying

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Mottled

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spotted

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Munificent

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generous

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Myopic

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nearsighted

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Nadir

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lowest point

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Natal

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birth related

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Neonate

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newborn

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Nihilism

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rejects principles

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Nostalgia

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love of the past

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Novitiate

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novice

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Nuance

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shade of meaning

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Numismatic

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related to coin collecting