May 19-23 Flashcards

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Patrician

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An aristocrat or nobleman

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Pariah

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An outcast

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Paucity

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The presence of something only in small or in sufficient quantities or amounts

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Pedagogue

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A teacher esp a strict or pedantic one

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Penchant

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A strong or habited liking for someone or something or tendency to do something

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Pensive

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Engaged in , involving or reflecting deep or serious thought

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Penury

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Extreme poverty ; destruction

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Personification

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Attribution of a person comparing to a nonhuman

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Quaff

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Drink heartily , guzzle swallow

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Qualm

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An uneasy fealty of doubt worry or great esp about ones own conduction misgiving

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Query

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A question esp one addressed to an official or origination

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Queue

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Line or sequence of people or vehicle

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Rabid

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Having or proceeding from an extreme or fanatical support or belief in …

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Rambunctious

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Uncontrollably exuberant ; boisterous

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Rancid

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Of foods containing fat or oil smelling or tasting unpleasant as a result of being old

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