More vocab Flashcards by Yakira McKay | Brainscape

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ornery

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exhibiting bad temper

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reticent

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uncommunicative

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precocious

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exhibiting maturity at an early age

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amity

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friendship

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recondite

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“profound. Complex

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condign

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fitting” or “well-deserved

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meet

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fitting” or “well-deserved

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clement

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merciful

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denigration

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defamation” or “strong criticism

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exults

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rejoices

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disavows

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rejects

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extant

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existing

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transient

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temporary

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integral

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essential

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fastidious

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careful with details

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punctilious

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careful about codes or conventions,

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chary

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cautious or wary

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adage

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proverb, saying

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opprobrium

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public disgrace

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artless

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Lacking skill or knowledge
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guileful

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deceitful

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lieu

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instead” or “in place

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concupiscence

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lust

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celerity

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swiftness

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avarice

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greed

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bacchanalian

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related to a drunken feast

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caroused

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engaged in a drunken revel; partied

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undulated

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move with a wavelike motion

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alacrity

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speed/swiftness

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admonishes

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warns” or “instructs,

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deplores

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feels dispproval for

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suffers

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“allow” “tolerate

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abstemiously

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characterized by moderation

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parsimoniously

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frugally” or “thriftily,

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sagely

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wisely

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remonstrances

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protest, objection

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expostulations

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protest, demur, challenge

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hubris

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arrogance

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acquiescence

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acceptance” or “agreement,

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accession

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acceptance” or “agreement,

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dissipation

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excessive indulgence,

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ephemeral

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lasting for a short time

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aegis

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the shield of Zeus and a representation if his protection

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supposition

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an idea or theory believed in without proof,