Freshman English semester 1 Flashcards

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Ecstatic

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Beyond reason and self control, very excited

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Fastidious

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Hard to please

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Frowsting

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Lounging

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Swathe

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A row of cut grass

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Frond

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A large leaf

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Superfluity

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Extra, unnecessary, excess, overflowing

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Sultry

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Very hot and humid

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Incredulously

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Skeptical, unbelieving

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Slaking

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Quench or satisfy with water

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Empathy

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Being aware of and sharing another person’s experiences, usually pain

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Invincibility

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Incapable of being defeated

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Pejorative

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Derogatory, demeaning

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Moral relativism

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The belief that anyone can have their own morals-doesn’t work, morals clash

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Erstwhile

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In the past, formerly

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Orgy

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A wild, secret ceremony in honor of a god; also, a drunken revelry

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Lionize

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Treat as a celebrity

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Taciturn

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Silent by nature

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Vulgarian

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Vulgar person

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Compatriot

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Person from one’s own country; accomplice

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Adulation

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To flatter or admire slavishly

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Nonchalantly

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Having a confident and easy manner, not excited

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Smirch

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To dirty

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Hullabaloo

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Uproar, din

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Multiculturalism

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Appreciation of cultural diversity

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Litotes

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Affirm in the negative

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Bivouac

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Temporary camp

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Glass

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Mirror

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Etymology

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The study of the origins and history of a word

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Auca

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Means savage–Native Peoples the Missionaries reached and were killed by

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Bootless

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Useless

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Numbers–Psalm of life

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Psalm of Life–Words