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Die Inna Hole Flashcards

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Insubordinate

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Not submissive to authority

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Inordinate

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Excessive; immoderate;not controlled

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Ordain

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To confirm priestly authority up; to order by superior authority

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Ordinance

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A command or order; a law or regulation, especially by a city government; a custom or practice established by tradition, especially a religious rite.

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Apostle

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A leader or teacher of a (new)faith or movement

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Stolid

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Showing or appearing to feel no emotion; apathetic

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Epistolary

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Pertaining to letter-writing or contained in letters

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Rectify

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To set right; to correct

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Rectitude

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Moral uprightness; correctness of behavior

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Constellation

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A group of fixed stars; a brilliant gathering; a set of related objects or individuals.

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Stellar

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Pertaining to stars; outstanding: referring to a star performer

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Asterisk

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A star shaped figure use to indicate an omission or a footnote

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Astral

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Of or from the stars

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Cosmology

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The study of the universe; origin, evolution, and relationship of its parts

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Cosmopolite

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A person at ease in any part of the world and or knowledgeable in my subjects

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Immutable

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Never changing or varying; unchangeable

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Permutation

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An alteration; a rearrangement of elements, especially in mathematics

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Transmute

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To transform; to change from one form of nature into another

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Temerity

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Foolish boldness; recklessness; rashness

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Temerarious 

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Daring; rash; reckless

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Imperturbable

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Unexcitable; unflustered; calm

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Turbid

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Muddy:not clear:opaque;confused; disordered

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Perturb

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To agitate; to upset

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Aspersion

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A remark that disparages, maligns, or slander another.

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Disperse

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To spread widely; to disseminate

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Temper

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To moderate; to bring to a particular texture or consistency, often hardness

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Temperance

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Moderation in expressing feelings, in appetite, and in consumption of alcoholic drinks; self restraint; total abstinence from alcoholic beverages; teetotalism

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Outré

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Deviating from the usual or proper, eccentric , outlandish

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Penultimate

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Next to last

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Ultimatum

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A final, uncompromising condition or demand, especially one whose rejection will close negotiations

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Extempore

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Improvised; composed or uttered without advance preparation; without advance preparation

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Temporal

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Pertaining to worldly affairs; transitory; short lived

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Temporize

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To accept or adapt to a situation; to compromise; to postpone a decision in order to gain time

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Anachronism

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A person or thing out of place in a historical period or sequence of events; a person, custom, or idea considered out of date

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Chronicle

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A continuous, detailed record of historical events in order of their occurrence

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Synchronous

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Happening at the same time; moving at the same rate

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Annals

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a chronological record of events of successive years without interpretation or analysis by the author; a historical record; a periodical journal of a learned field or annual reports of an organization

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Biennial

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Lasting two years; happening every two years

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Millennium

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A span of one thousand years

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Superannuated

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retired or disqualified because of age or infirmity; antiquated; obsolete

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Diurnal

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daily; occurring in a day or every day; active during the daytime rather than at night

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Meridian

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the highest point or stage of development; apogee; zenith; the imaginary half circle connecting the North and South poles

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Sojourn

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a temporary stay; a brief visit; to stay for a time; to reside temporarily

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Nocturn

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a romantic melody or composition dealing with evening or night; a reverie

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Equinox

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each of the two times of the year when days and nights are of equal length

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Nova

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a star that increases thousands of times in brightness and then fades

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Novice

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a person new to any field; a beginner

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Neoclassical

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A revival of the literary, architectural, musical, and artistic forms that are considered a standard or model, and therefore “classical”

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Neologism

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a new word, phrase, or expression, or a new meaning for an old word

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Neophyte

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a recent convert; a newly ordained priest or member of a religious order; a beginner; a novice

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Dour

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Stern;grim: gloomy

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Duress

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forced constraint; coercion against one’s will

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Obdurate

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stubborn; unyielding; hardened against good influence; impenitent

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Immemorial

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going deep into the past before history, knowledge, or memory; primordial

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Memoir

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a written account of events one has lived through; an autobiography

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Memorabilia

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things worthy of remembrance

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Demur

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to raise an objection; to delay

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Moratorium

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deferment or delay of any action

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Senescent

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Growing old ; aging

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Surly

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flagrantly uncivil and ill-natured

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