Deck 6 Flashcards by Katherine Cavanaugh | Brainscape

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Inebriation

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Drunkenness

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Choleric

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Easily Angered

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Marshal

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To gather together

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Parity

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Equality

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Usurp

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Take someone’s position by force

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Felicitous

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Apt; well chosen for the circumstances

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Profundity

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Depth

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Circuitous

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Indirect

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Disapprobation

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Disapproval

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Fervor

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Passion; enthusiasm

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Skirmish

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Minor battle

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Vacillate

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Waver; hesitate

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Circumscribe

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Limit

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Discord

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Disagreement

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Parsimonious

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Economical; frugal; thrifty

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Vacuous

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Empty; silly; meaningless

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Apprehensive

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Worried; fearful

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Discordancy

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Cacophony; harshness; jarring

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Fitful

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Not continuous; stopping and starting

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Prosaic

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Dull;boring;ordinary

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Smorgasbord

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A big variety of stuff usually Swedish food that is cold

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Vagrant

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Person wandering without a home

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Arable

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Can be cultivated

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Flagrant

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Clearly wrong

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Infallible

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Perfect; cannot make mistakes

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Prosody

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Study of versification

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Prostration

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Lying facedown; to be overcome with weakness

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Somnambulist

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Sleepwalker

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Vehemence

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Violence; fervor; forcefulness

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Clandestine

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Secret

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Flippant

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Making jokes about serious matters

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Menagerie

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Collection of animals

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Soothsayer

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Fortune teller