full set Flashcards by Natan Gebre | Brainscape

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scourge

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a person or thing that causes great trouble or misfortune

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brusque

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abrupt or offhand

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gregarious

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fond of company

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provincial

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concerning a province

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impel

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to drive, force, or urge

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impish

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inclined to do naughty things for fun

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avarice

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extreme greed

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burgeoning

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increasing rapidly

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intrepidity

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fearlessness and courage

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miasma

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a highly unpleasant smell

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abrogation

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the repeal of a law

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specious

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superficially plausible but wrong

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exhortation

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strongly encouraging someone to do something

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theocratic

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system of government where priests rule in the name of God

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primeral

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resembling the earliest ages of history

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suffuses

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gradually spread through or over

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omnipotent

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able to do all

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usurpation

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take illegally by force

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convulsion

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violent social upheaval

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insurrection

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violent political uprising

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consanguinity

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descending from the same ancestor

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acquiescence

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accept something reluctantly but without protest

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engross

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absorb all the attention or energy of

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unrequited

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not returned or rewarded

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denunciations

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public condemnations

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bequeath

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leave someone as a beneficiary of a will

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inveigle

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persuade someone to do something through deception

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abhorrence

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a feeling of repulsion

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predilection

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a strong bias

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maraud

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roam in search for things to steal

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parochial

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relating to the church

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exaltation

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a feeling of extreme happiness

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providence

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the protection of God

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guile

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sly or cunning

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penitence

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the action or feeling of regret

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unscrupulous

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having no moral principles

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retrogression

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returning to an earlier state

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mawkish

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sentimental in a weak way

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hearken

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to listen

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corpulent

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having a large body

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salient

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most noticeable or important

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promiscuous

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having an indiscriminate approach

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reconfigured

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to rearrange in an altered form

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unscrupulous

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having no moral principles

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bereft

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deprived or lacking

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inviolable

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never to be broken or infringed

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innocuous

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not harmful or offensive

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moratorium

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temporary prohibition

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aggregate

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all units as a whole

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austerity

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sternness or severity

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populism

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appeal to ordinary people

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ambivalence

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having mixed feelings

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ecclesiastic

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relating to the Christian church

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befuddling

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confusing or perplexing

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fundamentalist

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strict, literal understanding of scripture

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pluralist

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appealing to the common man

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dearth

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scarcity or lack

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gurullous

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excessively talkative

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labyrinth

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complicated maze

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unwieldly

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not easily managed

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unnerving

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causing one to lose courage

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solace

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comfort or consolation in a time of despair

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perilous

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full of danger and risk

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cursory

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hasty and undetailed

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warbling

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singing in a trilling or quavering voice

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semantics

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study of language

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incarnate

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embodying or represented in human form

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decrepitude

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loss of strength, typically of old age

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disapprobation

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strong disapproval

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unpreturbed

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not disturbed or bothered

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venerability

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commanding respect because of age or dignity

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haggard

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looking exhausted and unwell

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effusive

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extravagantly demonstrative

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opulence

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wealth and luxury

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pontificate

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express opinions in a pompous way

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supercilious

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behaving as though one is superior

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languorous

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pleasurable tiredness

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sycophancy

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insincere flattery to try to gain advantage

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deference

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humble submission

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irreverent

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irreverent