GE Ch 24 - 31 Vocab Flashcards
1
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Discomfiture
A
Disconcertion; confusion; embarrassment
2
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Cupidity
A
Eager or excessive desire, especially to possess something; greed; avarice
3
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Dolefully
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Sorrowful; mournful; melancholy
4
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Amphibious
A
Living or able to live both on land and in water; belonging to both land and water
5
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Dexterously
A
Done with skill or adroitness or
having mental adroitness or skill; clever
6
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Incongruity
A
The quality or condition of being incongruous
7
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Provincial
A
Belonging or peculiar to some particular province; local
8
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Subsided
A
To become quiet, less active, or less violent; abate. To sink to a low or lower level
9
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Lethargic
A
Of, pertaining to, or affected with lethargy; drowsy; sluggish
10
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Disparity
A
Lack of similarity or equality; inequality; difference
11
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Enlightenment
A
The state of being enlightened :
