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8th Grade GT Vocab STUDY SET > Puddin Head Wilson Vocab > Flashcards

Puddin Head Wilson Vocab Flashcards

1
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Prehistoric

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Antediluvian

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2
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endorsement and praise

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Approbation

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Distinct individual with a particular function in society

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Caste

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People who fight/argue

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Combatants

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5
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The act of transporting a document

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Conveyancing

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Florid manners, and showy acts and attitude

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Etiquette

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7
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The act of being intimidating and terrifying

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Formidable

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8
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Used after the name of a day to indicate that something will take place two weeks after that day

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Fortnight

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9
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A small commune or colony.

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Hamlet

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10
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Flawless and foolproof, impossible to fail

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Infallible

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A nincompoop or halfwit, a clumsy person

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Lummox

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12
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Being benevolence, generosity

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Magnanimity

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13
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Luxuriant and prosperous

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Opulent

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14
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Sacredness and obedience

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Piety

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15
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A guide or a place set for time

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Precedent

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16
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A religious person

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Protestants

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17
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Act of retaliation

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Reprisals

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18
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Forcing

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Supplicating

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19
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Horrible and difficult

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Torrid

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20
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A person only staying and working for a brief time

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Transients

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21
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Leadership

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Hegemony

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22
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Language

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Vernacular

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23
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Insult

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Satire

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24
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A rival in a contest

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Adversaries

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25
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A unpredictable attitude

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Capricious

26
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A child who parents thinks are swapped their actual child

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Changelings

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A war

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Conflagration

28
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The act of being complying with instructions

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Docile

29
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A trick or hoax

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Dupe

30
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A description of someone by their looks and what they say

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Epithet

31
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To disagree or to reason

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Expostulated

32
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Being peevish

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Fractious

33
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Taunting and insulting someone

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Jeers

34
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Bright and colorful

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Lurid

35
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Being nice to someone for alternative motives

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Obsequiousness

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Seeming apparent and true

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Ostensible

37
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A speech that irritates someone

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Provocation

38
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A person who represents their people like ambassador

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Proxy

39
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And an investment in stocks

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Speculations

40
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A person who takes power by unprofessional means

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Usurper

41
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Becoming more important

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Ascending

42
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A serious tone

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Asperity

43
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A secret code used in writing

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Cipher

44
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A soldier armed with grenades

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Grenadier

45
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a noun of implacable: unable to forget a grudge

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Implacability

46
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  • How a person acts or feel in a way
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Inclination

47
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Someone getting an inconvenience

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Incommode

48
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Not in harmony

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Incongruous

49
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Wanting to avoid work or causing little pain

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Indolent

50
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A barricade to prevent an overflow of a river

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Levee

51
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The crucial point of the matter, a small lump

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Nub

52
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A pale face

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Pallid

53
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A person who is gifted with abilities

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Prodigies

54
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Remarkable or unnatural

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Prodigious

55
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Something coming from a belief, and something with rabies

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Rabid

56
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To make or become hard or solid

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Solidified

57
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Drinking

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Tippling

58
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Being attractive

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Vivacity

59
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Ordinary

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Wonted

60
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A long story

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Yarns

8th Grade GT Vocab STUDY SET (1 decks)

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