New Vocab- List 4 Flashcards by maddie Killeen

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boorish

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ill mannered

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cynical

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believing that people act only out of selfish motives

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epistle

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a letter ( a form of communication )

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heresy

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against orthodox opinion

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lance

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spear, spike, javelin

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obscure

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difficult to understand, partially hidden

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poignant

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deeply moving, strongly affecting the emotions

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respite

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a break, intermission

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terse

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concise, to the point

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acrophobia

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fear of heights

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bourgeois

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middle class

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debility

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weakness, incapacity

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epistolary

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concerned with letters, through correspondence

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hiatus

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interruption, pause

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languid

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tired, slow

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obscured

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hidden, covered, buried

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poised

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calm, collected, self possessed

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resplendent

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shining, glowing

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therapeutic

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medicinal, curative

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acuity

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sharpness (mental or visual)

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braggart

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someone who boasts

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debunking

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exposing false claims or myths

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epitomized

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typified, characterized, personified

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hidebound

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rigid in opinions

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languish

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decay, fade away, get weaker

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obsequious

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servile, submissive

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polemical

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causing a debate or argument

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restorative

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a tonic

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thwart

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prevent, fustrate

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adamant

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forecful, inflexible