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P&P Vocab, Vol. I Flashcards

1
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Abatement

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Cessation; end

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Affability

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Friendliness

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Affectation

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To put on a false appearance; being artificial

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Alacrity

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cheerful readiness

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5
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Approbation

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Approval

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Asperity

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Harshness of tone

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Assail

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to attack

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Assiduous

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showing great care and perseverance

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Avowal

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formal declaration of something one believes, admits, supports, or promises

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Beaux

A

eligible young men

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Benevolence

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having the quality of kindness

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Blowsy

A

Disheveled; unkempt; messy

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13
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Caprice

A

Sudden change in behavior

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14
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Celerity

A

swiftness of movement

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15
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Chaise

A

two-wheeled horse-drawn carriage

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Circumspection

A

uncertainty or wariness

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Complaisance

A

having a tendency to please others or consent to their wishes

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Complacent

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smugly pleased with oneself

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Conciliatory

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tending to pacify people, or put them at ease; making people less angry

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Concurrence

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a state of agreement

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21
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Coquetry

A

flirtation

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22
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Countenance

A

a person’s facial expression

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23
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Derision

A

Ridicule

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24
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Diffidence

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Shyness

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Disapprobation

A

moral disapproval; condemnation

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Dissemble

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to lie, concealing one’s true motives, feelings, or beliefs

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Diversion

A

the act of turning away from

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28
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Eclat

A

splendor

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Effusion

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an act of speaking without constraint

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30
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Enumerate

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to count off in numbers

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Fastidious

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Difficult to please

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32
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Felicitations

A

joyous explanations

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33
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Felicity

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joy; bliss

34
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Filial

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of or due from a son or daughter

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Forbearing

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patient

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Fortnight

A

period of two weeks

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Gallantry

A

having noble or heroic manners

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Gravity

A

seriousness; solemnity

39
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Hauteur

A

arrogant superiority

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Impertinent

A

rude

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Importune

A

to annoy

42
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Impute

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to attribute; to represent as being from someone

43
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Incumbent

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necessary as a duty

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Indolent

A

lazy

45
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Iniquitous

A

sinful

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Insipid

A

dull

47
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Insolent

A

rude and disrespectful

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Indignant

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angry or annoyed about a perceived unfair treatment

49
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Injunction

A

a command; order

50
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Interested

A

having something at stake

51
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Laconic

A

marked by few words

52
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Laity

A

laypeople

53
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Languor

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having lethargy; being sluggish, or lacking energy from fatigue

54
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Monotonous

A

having no variatino

55
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Odious

A

extremely unpleasant

56
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Paltry

A

small; meager

57
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Panegyric

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a speech consisting of self-praise

58
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Peevish

A

ill-tempered

59
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Phaeton

A

four-wheeled horse-drawn carriage

60
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Pompous

A

acting irritatingly grand or self-important

61
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Precipitance

A

haste without warning

62
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Preferment

A

promotion

63
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Presume

A

to act boldly

64
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Precipitate

A

to cause to happen prematurely

65
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Pretention

A

the use of affectation (fakeness) to impress

66
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Probity

A

moral principles

67
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Propitious

A

showing a favorable outcome

68
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Purport

A

meaning

69
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Raptures

A

emotional exclamations

70
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Rectitude

A

moral righteousness

71
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Regimentals

A

uniforms

72
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Reproach

A

expression of disapproval

73
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Singular

A

remarkable

74
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Solemnity

A

seriousness

75
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Solicitude

A

care or concern

76
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Steward

A

person employed to look after one’s property

77
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Surmise

A

to guess

78
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Supercilious

A

acting or appearing to be superior to others

79
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Unaffected

A

honest

80
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Upbraiding

A

finding fault

81
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Veracity

A

truthfulness

82
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Vexation

A

annoyance

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