Nonfiction Vocab Flashcards by Grace Misener

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quality of being suitable

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propriety

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evil or harmful

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malign

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careful about details

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punctilious

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having hidden meaning

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cryptic

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not concrete

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transcendental

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lessened or ended

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abated

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vocal solos in opera

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arias

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loyal

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staunch

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songs performed by a singer

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repertoire

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evil or harmful

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malevolent

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held back; restrained

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repressed

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roughly or clumsily handled

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mauled

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destroys; erases without a trace

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obliterates

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the quality of not letting light pass

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opacity

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taken power over; held by force

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usurped

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an animal that eats other animals

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predator

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stingy

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parsimonious

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using

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deploying

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suggestion

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implication

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deny ownership

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disown

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overused expressions

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cliches

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uncertainty

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ambiguity

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immoral

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unethical

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without originality

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banal

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puzzling

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perplexing

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customary

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conventional

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meant to be useful

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utilitarian

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stimulation

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provacativeness

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by its very nature

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inherently

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storage place

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repository

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detailed presentation

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particularization