Moliere Vocab Flashcards by Rachel Brudner | Brainscape

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Carping

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Petty fault finding

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Fripperies

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Showy dress

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Dissemble

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Give false or misleading appearance

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Usurp

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Seize by force illegally

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Loath

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Unwilling, reluctant

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Illicit

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Illegal

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Transgressions

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Violating a law or command

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Coquette

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Flirt

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Oracular

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Like an oracle

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Precepts

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Commandment or rule

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Specious

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Pleasing but deceptive

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Mountebank

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Con selling quack medicine

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Mummeries

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A ridiculous performance

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Charlatans

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Claims to have more knowledge than he has; quack

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Spleen

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Spite

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Censoriousness

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Severely critical

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Tractable

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Easily managed or controlled

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Indigence

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Poverty

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Pelf

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$ wealth

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Cuckold

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Husband of an unfaithful wife

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Deigned

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Condescend to give or grant

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Votary

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Bound by solemn religious vows

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Supplication

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Humble prayer

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Pulchritude

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Physical beauty

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Eschewing

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Keep away from, shun

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Rectitude

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Rightness of principle, moral conduct

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Seraph

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High angel

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Temerity

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Reckless boldness

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Brazen

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Shameless, impudent

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Adverse

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Unfavorable in purpose or effect

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Prudent

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Wise, practical

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Largesse

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Generous bestowal of gifts

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Cozen

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Cheat, deceive