Lesson 8 Flashcards by Lynette Wickstrom

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Acquiesce

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To give in

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Affinity

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a natural liking

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Blasphemous

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profane

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Buttress

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a support

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Circumspect

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careful

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Corroboration

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confirmation

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Deplete

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to lessen gradually

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Despotic

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ruling oppressively

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Emaciated

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thin from starvation

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Empirical

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experimental

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Extraneous

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not needed

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Fallow

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plowed but not sowed

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Homogeneous

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same kind

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Hyperbole

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over exaggeration

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Incontrovertible

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indisputable

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Irascible

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easily angered

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Laconic

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rudely concise

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Magnanimity

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having a generous spirit

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Obsequious

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servile

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Proliferation

A

an increase

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Scrupulous

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very careful

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Sublime

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uplifting, noble

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Surreptitious

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secret

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Veracity

A

devotion to truth

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Zeal

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enthusiasm