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Lesson 7/8 vocab Flashcards

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Tirade

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A long angry speech

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Vagrant

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A person who has no home or employment

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Assimilate

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Absorb into the prevailing culture; to absorb into the mind, learn

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Inundate

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To fill with and overwhelming abundance; to overwhelm

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Sprightly

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Full of spirit and vitality; in a lively animated manner

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Meander

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To wind and turn while proceeding in a course; to wander about

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Apex

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The highest point; on a mountain

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Momentous

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Very significant

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Exorbitant

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Exceeding all bounds; unreasonably high or excessive

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Shoddy

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Poor quality or craft

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Pensive

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Deep in thought

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Adieu

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A farewell or goodbye

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Bogus

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Counterfeit or fake

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Perilous

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Full of or involving danger

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interim

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time between acts or periods

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Advent

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the coming of any important change, event, state, or personage

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Metropolis

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A chief city, capital or largest most important city of a state

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Obstreperous

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Noisy and stubbornly defiant; boisterous

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Malign

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To speak evil of, to do so falsely and severely, to bad mouth

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Surly

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Grumpy and bad tempered

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Warp

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An abnormal condition, state, or quality, an irregularity; (v.) To turn or twist out of shape

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Venture

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A risky or dangerous undertaking; (v.) To expose to danger or risk

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Assurance

A

Freedom form Doubt

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Liability

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Something that holds one back; A handicap

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Rejuvenate

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To restore to youth; To renew

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Asylum

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A place offering protection and safety; A shelter

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Preposterous

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Utterly ridiculous or absurd

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Realm

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A field of study, a kingdom

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Console

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(n.) A central control panel for a mechanical or electronic system; (v.) To comfort, to give emotional support

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Rabid

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Raging, uncontrollable; Extremely enthusiastic, fanatical

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Sterling

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Of the highest quality

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Dilate

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To enlarge in all directions

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Remunerate

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To compensate for; To make payment for

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Pugnacious

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Fond of fighting; Quarrelsome

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Institute

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An association organized to promote art, science or education; (v.) To establish, organize and set in operation, to begin

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dross

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Waste, debris, garbage

37
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Flippant

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Lacking proper respect or seriousness; Disrespectful

38
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Dwindle

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To diminish or become less

39
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Immunity

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Exemption from normal legal duties, penalties, or liabilities; Resistance to disease

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Sparse

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Occurring, growing, or settled at widely spaced intervals; Not thick or dense

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