Lesson 12 Flashcards by brianne Rogers | Brainscape

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Fastidious

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Hard to please ; meticulous, exacting

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Halcyon

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Calm; pleasant

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Badinage

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Playful; chaff, joshing

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Malapropism

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A word humorously misused

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Garner

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To gather; harvest

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Kismet

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Destiny; fate

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Hegira

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Flight; escape

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Paradigm

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Model; example

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Debauchery

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Corruption; excess

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Milieu

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Environment; setting

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Regress

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To move backward

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Bilious

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Bad tempered; grouchy

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Necromancy

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Magic

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Gumption

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Courage and initiative; enterprise

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Blandishment

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Flattery ; over praise

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