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Finals review- vocab Flashcards

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Primeval

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Of the ancient, first ages of the world

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Dote

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To show excessive love for

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3
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Tenure

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The period of time a job lasts

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Laminate

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To make by bonding layers together

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5
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Substantiate

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To support with proof or evidence

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Gird

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To prepare for an event or an action

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Daunt

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To make afraid; to discourage

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Flux

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A state of continual change or movement

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Hovel

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A wretched living place, an open shed

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Cadaverous

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Intimidating

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Gothic

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Of the Middle Ages; of or relating to a mysterious, grotesque, and desolate style of fiction

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Penury

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Extreme poverty

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Egress

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An exit; a means of going out

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14
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Exuberance

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High spirits; happy enthusiasm

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15
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Despot

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A dictator with absolute power

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Gaunt

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Very thin and bony, especially from sickness

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17
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Undue

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Inappropriately excessive

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Guerilla

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A member of an independent band of soldier that engages in raids and surprise attacks

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Mire

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Muddy, swampy ground

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Sector

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A part or division

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21
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Beget

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To produce; to make happen

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Educe

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To draw or bring out

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Glean

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To collect bit by bit; to gather with patient labor

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Chafe

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To wear or irritate, often through rubbing or friction

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Effrontery

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Shameless

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Imbibe

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To drink; to absorb into the body

27
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Feign

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To pretend

28
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Desist

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To stop; to discontinue

29
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Allude

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To hint at; to refer to indirectly

30
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Elite

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The choice members or best of a group

31
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Bilk

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To cheat or swindle; to thwart

32
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Homily

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Sermon

33
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Demise

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Death; a ceasing to exist

34
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Emit

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To send out; to give forth as in sound or sight

35
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Decadence

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Moral deterioration

36
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Aghast

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Feeling great dismay or horror

37
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Aghast

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Feeling great dismay or horror

38
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Granary

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A storehouse for grain

39
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Choleric

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Easily angered

40
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Impede

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To hinder; to obstruct

41
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Qualm

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A feeling of uneasiness

42
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Lampoon

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A written satire used to ridicule or attack someone

43
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Narcissistic

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Conceited; having excessive self-love

44
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Eradicate

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To wipe out; to destroy

45
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Fabricate

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To concoct; to make up a story to deceive

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Ghastly

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Horrible; frightful

47
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Fallibile

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Capable

48
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Blatant

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Obvious, too conspicuous

49
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Dawdle

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To waste time

50
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Affiliate

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An associate; a partner

51
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Fawn

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To act slavishly submissive

52
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Calumny

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A false and malicious accusation

53
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Berate

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To scold or rebuke severely and at length

54
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Minion

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A submissive, servile follower

55
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Desolateiad

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Lonely; forlorn; uninhabited

56
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Bane

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The cause of ruin, harm, distress, or death

57
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Pacify

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To calm down

58
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Garble

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To mix up or distort

59
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Prevaricate

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To lie

60
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Filch

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To steal

61
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Neophyte

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A beginner

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