lesson 7 Flashcards
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praise, an award
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accolade
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to regard with extreme repugnance; to detest utterly; to loathe
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abhor
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one who leads a life of self-denial and contemplation; absent of luxury
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ascetic
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to hand down, to give or to leave in a will
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bequeath
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one who claims to know something that he does not, a quack
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charlatan
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a large fire
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conflagration
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a lack, a scarcity
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dearth
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shyness, reserve , unassertiveness
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diffidence
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showing high spirits
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effervescent
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heavenly, unusually delicate, light, lacking material substance, intangible
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ethereal
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to remove, to erase
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expunge
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deceitfulness, duplicity
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guile
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not believable
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implausible
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nonconformity, disagreement, incompatibility
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incongruity
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qualities of an island; narrow-mindedness of opinion
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insularity
