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Lesson 5-8 Exam Flashcards

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Contemporary

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A person living daring the same period as another

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Callow

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Young and inexperienced

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Cynical

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Doubtful of the sincerity of others’ motives;

skeptical

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Despot

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A ruler with absolute power or tyrannical control

Over a group of people

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Enunciate

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To pronounce

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Impediment

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Anything that get in the way

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Impoverish

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To make poor

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Indolent

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Indulging in ease; avoiding exertion; lazy

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Sagacious

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Showing sound judgement; wise

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Secular

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Worldly; not connected with a church or religion

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Speculate

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To think about or make guess

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Strife

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Conflict or struggle

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Venerate

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To show great value

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Voracious

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Ravenous; desiring and eating a large amount of

food

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Wane

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To get; dimmer or weaker; to near an end

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Apropos

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Fitting the occasion; suitable or apt.

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Ascendancy

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Controlling influenced; domination

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Assess

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To analyze and determine the nature, value, or importance of.

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Aver

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To declare positively; to state as the truth

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Concede

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To admit to be true; often reluctantly

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Deficient

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Lacking

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Dogma

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An unproven principle or belief held to be true

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Embody

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To put an idea into a form that can be seen

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Impart

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To make known; disclose

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Oratory

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The art of public speaking

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Propagate

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To reproduce

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Proponent

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Someone who proses or support an idea; an advocate

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Rudimentary

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Not yet fully developed

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Sojourn

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A visit or temporary stay

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Vociferous

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Making one’s feeling known on a loud way

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Amorous

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Expressing love or the state of being love

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Belittle

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To present or speak of as unimportant or of little value.

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Censure

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To blame or find fault with

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Deem

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To confide to believe

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Divulge

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To make known something secret; to revel

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Exorbitant

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Exceeding normal or bounds; greater or more than seems reason able

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Expostulate

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To argue earnestly in an attempt to dissuade or show strong disapproval

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Fateful

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Having great or significant consequences

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Ingrate

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An ungrateful person

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Injunction

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An order or command

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Moribund

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Close to death; in a dying state

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Subsidize

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To support by giving financial

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Sumptuous

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Extravagantly splendid or costly; luxurious

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Voluble

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Characterize by a ready flow of words; talking active

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Adroit

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Clever at dealing with difficult situation, adept,skillful

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Affront

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To insult or offend deliberately

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Avocation

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An activity pursued for pleasure;a hobby

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Crusade

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A prolonged, impassioned struggle for what is believed to be just cause

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Definite

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Supplying a final a answer; conclusive

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Demeanor

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Behavior; bearing

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Erudite

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Having or demonstrating extensive knowledge; learned

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Induct

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To install in office, something with a formal ceremony

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Lapse

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To fall or slip for, a certain level of conduct or accomplishment

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Militant

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Ready to fight, especially of a cause

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Pariah

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A social outcast

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Prodigy

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A person who shows remarkable talent at an early age

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Pregé

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One whose train or career is helping along by another

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Rancous

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Rough and unpleasant to other ear

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Tacit

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Expressed without words; implied

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