Lesson 20 Flashcards

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Affluent

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Abounding in wealth; prosperous; flowing freely

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Antiquity

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The quality of being ancient; ancient times

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Blandishment

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Flattery

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Chasten

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To discipline, to use punishment to correct behavior

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Civility

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Polite and courteous behavior

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Congenial

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Characterized by friendly sociability

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Deft

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Skillful, adroit

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Dispatch

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To send away with promptness or speed; speed, quickness

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Embroil

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To entangle, to throw into confusion or strife

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Expurgate

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To remove obscene or objectionable material manually before publication

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Garner

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To gather together, to store up

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Heretical

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Contrary to church doctrine or accept beliefs or standards

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Iconoclast

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One who attacks established beliefs or institutions

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Irreproachable

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Faultless, not discreditable

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Mercurial

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Changing unpredictably, fickle

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Nuance

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A subtle distinction or difference

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Partisan

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One who exhibits extreme or possibly blind allegiance to a group or cause

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Pious

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Marked by showing zealous devotion to the rites of religion

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Raucous

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Loud and boisterous, harsh, disorderly

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Repugnant

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Disgusting, offensive

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Satiric

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Characterized by satire (branch of literature ridiculing vice or folly)

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Sporadic

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Occasionally occurring

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Succulent

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Very juicy

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Terrestrial

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Of the earth or pertaining to the earth

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Ungainly

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Awkward