Lesson 7 Vocab Flashcards

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Accolade

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Praise

An award

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Abhor

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To regard with extreme repugnance

To loathe

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Ascetic

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One who leads a life of self-denial and contemplation

Absent of luxury

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Bequeath

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To hand down

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Charlatan

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One who claims to know something that he does not

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Conflagration

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A large fire

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Dearth

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A lack

Scarcity

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Diffidence

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Shyness

Reserve

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Effervescent

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Showing high spirits

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Ethereal

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Heavenly

Delicate

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Expunge

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To erase

To remove

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Guile

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Duplicity

Deceitfulness

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Implausible

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Not believable

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Incongruity

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Nonconformity

Disagreement

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Insularity

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Narrow-mindedness of opinion

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Morose

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Being gloomy

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Placate

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To appease

To pacify by making concessions

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Poignant

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Piercing

Keen

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Provincial

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Lacking sophistication

Narrow-minded

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Reiterate

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To repeat

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Spontaneous

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Acting on impulse

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Synthesis

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Combining parts into a whole

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Toxic

(Is this really a vocab word???) wow

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Poisonous

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Vigilant

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Alert

Watchful

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Voluble

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Fluent

Ability to use words easily