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Midterm Vocab Flashcards

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Admonish

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Warn or reprimand someone firmly

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Admirable

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Arousing or deserving respect and approval

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Affluence

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The state of having a great deal of money; wealth

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Approbation

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Approval or praise

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Avarice

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Extreme greed for wealth or material gain

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Boisterous

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Noisy, energetic, and cheerful

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Brash

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Self-assertive in a rude, noisy, or overbearing way

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Buttressed

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Provide (a building or structure) with projecting supports built against its walls

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Bygons

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A thing dating from an earlier time

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Candid

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Truthful and straightforward

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Cavorting

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Ump or dance excitedly

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Censure

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Express severe disapproval

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Coaxing

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Persuade gradually or by flattery to do something

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Confound

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Cause surprise or confusion in

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Counterfeit

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Made in exact imitation of something valuable or important with the intention to deceive or defraud

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Depravity

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Moral corruption; wickedness

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Dismal

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Depressing; dreary

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Edict

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An official order or proclamation issued by a person in authority

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Espy

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Catch sight of

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Evade

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Escape or avoid

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Ingenious

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Clever, original, and inventive

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Lethargy

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A lack of energy and enthusiasm

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Libeling

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Attach a label to

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Obscurity

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The state of being unknown, inconspicuous, or unimportant

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Pinnacle

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A high, pointed piece of rock

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Repugnant

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Extremely disasterful

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Rhetoric

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Relating to, or concerned with the art of rhetoric

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Tedious

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Too long, slow, or dull

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Witty

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Showing or characterized by quick and inventive verbal humor

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Zenith

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The highest point reached by a celestial or other object

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