Lesson 19 Flashcards

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Adjunct

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Something joined or added to a thing but not necessarily a part of it

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Anomalous

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Out of place, abnormal

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Belligerent

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Waging war, inclined to or exhibiting assertiveness

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Censure

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To blame or condemn

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Compliance

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A yielding, acquiescence

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Defile

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To make dirty, to desecrate, to pollute

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Diligent

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Characterized by steady, attentive, and energetic effort in a pursuit or study

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Expedient

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Appropriate for a purpose but not necessarily moral, right, or just

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Flout

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To treat with contempt

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Galling

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Very irritating

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heralded

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Announced of publicized

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Incantation

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A spell, written or recited formula of words designed for a particular effect

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Indigenous

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Native to a certain area

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Luscious

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Very pleasant to the taste

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Nomadic

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Characterized by moving about form place to place as nomads

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Parry

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To deflect or to ward off a blow

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Precipitate

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To cause to speedily occur, to throw headlong

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Pungent

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Sharp or irritating to the taste or smell, acrid

19
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Ratify

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To give formal approval

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Sagacious

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Wise, shrewd, very discerning

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Slovenly

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Messy, untidy, careless

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Spiteful

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Full of spite or malice, malicious, malevolent

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Tangential

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Slightly connected, divergent

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Taper

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To decrease in thickness or length

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Vagrant

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A wanderer who does not have a home