fences vocab Flashcards

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congruence

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quality of agreeing; being suitable and appropriote

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dubious

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fraught with uncertainty or doubt

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receptacle

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container that is used to put or keep things in

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destitute

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poor enough to need help from others

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tenacious

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stubbornly unyielding

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guile

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quality of being crafty

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ramshackle

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in poor or broken-down condition

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vengeful

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disposed to take action in return for perceived wrong

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dignity

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quality of being worth of esteem or respect

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eloquence

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powerful and effective langauge

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flourish

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make steady progress

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turbulent

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characterized by unrest or disorder or insubordination

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proactive

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serving or tending to exite or stimulate

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sensibility

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refind responsiveness ro pleasurable or painful impressions

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emulate

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strive to equal or match, especially by imitating

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crude

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conspicuously and tastelessly indecent

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vulgar

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conspicuously and tasetly indecent

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profound

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showing intellectual penetration or emotional depth

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liable

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likely to be or do something

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succession

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a following of one thing after another in time

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attendant

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following or accompanying as a consequence

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integral

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existing as an essential constituent or characteristic

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sickle

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an edge tool for cutting grass or crops

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commence

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bein or get started

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viligilance
alert attetiveness
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scrutiny
the act od examining soemthing closely, as for mistakes
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methodical
characterized by orderlinessu
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uppity
arrogant or self important
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rogue
a deceitful and unreliable scoundrel
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reckon
expect, belive, or suppose
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irrespective
in spit of everything; without regard to drawbacks
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penitentiary
a correctional institution for those convicted of crimes
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fret
to be agitated or irritated
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presently
in the near future
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gig
a job, especially a temporary job
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plaque
a tablet that commemorates a person or achievement
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clip
to terminate or abbreviate before its intended or proper end
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pallbearer
one of the mourners carraying the coffin at a funeral
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fanfare
a gaudy outward display
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