lesson 13 Flashcards
1
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salutary
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adj. healthful; wholesome
2
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empathy
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n. an understanding of another’s feelings
3
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redundant
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adj. repetitious; using more words than needed
4
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impinge
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v. to encroach; to trespass
5
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brevity
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n. briefness; a short duration
6
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nirvana
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n. a condition of great peace or happiness
7
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animosity
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n. hatred
8
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despicable
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adj. contemptible; hateful
9
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harlequin
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n. a clown
10
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savant
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n. a person of extensive learning; an eminent scholar
11
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obsequious
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adj. excessively submissive or overly attentive
12
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offal
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n. garbage; waste parts
13
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hoi polloi
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n. the common people; the masses
14
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lascivious
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adj. lustful or lewd
15
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cataract
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n. a large waterfall
16
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root anim mean
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feeling, spirit, or life
17
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root sec and sect mean
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cut
18
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root cand means
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to shine
19
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suffic -id means
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tending to
20
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root magn means
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great
21
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prefix un- means
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one
22
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suffix -ence means
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of
