Deriv 2.1-2.4 Flashcards

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Nourishing, connected with food or nutrition

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Alimentary

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Mutilate by cutting or tearing the limbs

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Dismember

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Pliant; adjustable to change

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Flexible

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A thin soft layer or tissue covering an organ in the body

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Membrane

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Fruitful, futile, producing something in abundance

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Prolific

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A pursuit, a seeking

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Quest

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To preach to, extort, lecture

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Sermonize

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Characterized by luxury, elegance, and sensual pleasure

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Voluptuous

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Loud, noisy

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Clamorous

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Scornful, disdainful, full of contempt

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Contemptuous

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Plentiful, abundant

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Copious

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Not knowing how to read or write, showing limited knowledge of a particular field

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Illiterate

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Having no limits, without a beginning or an end

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Infinite

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Overly submissive, much too willing to serve or obey

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Obsequious

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Offering unnecessary and unwarranted advice

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Officious

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Wealth, riches

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Opulence

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Dishonesty

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Improbity

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The chanting of words or formulas to cast a spell

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Incantation

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Excessive talkativeness

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Loquacity

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Dying

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Moribund

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Plundering, grasping, voracious

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Rapacious

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The state of being carried away with joy, love, ecstasy

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Rapture

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Lavish, magnificent, splendid

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Sumptuous

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Silence

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Reticence

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Beginning

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Nascent

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Small

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Meager

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Enlarge, make greater, increase

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Augment

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The quality of being brief, concision

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Brevity

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Hairy or tufted

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Comate

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Badges, emblems, or other distinguished marks of rank

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Insignia

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Customs that through general observance develop the force of law

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Mores

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Tranquil, calm

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Pacific

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Appease, establish peace with

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Pacify

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Of space, happening or existing in space

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Spatial