Puddin Head Wilson Vocab Flashcards

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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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4
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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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11
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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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A unpredictable attitude
Capricious
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A child who parents thinks are swapped their actual child
Changelings
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A war
Conflagration
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The act of being complying with instructions
Docile
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A trick or hoax
Dupe
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A description of someone by their looks and what they say
Epithet
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To disagree or to reason
Expostulated
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Being peevish
Fractious
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Taunting and insulting someone
Jeers
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Bright and colorful
Lurid
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Being nice to someone for alternative motives
Obsequiousness
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Seeming apparent and true
Ostensible
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A speech that irritates someone
Provocation
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A person who represents their people like ambassador
Proxy
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And an investment in stocks
Speculations
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A person who takes power by unprofessional means
Usurper
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Becoming more important
Ascending
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A serious tone
Asperity
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A secret code used in writing
Cipher
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A soldier armed with grenades
Grenadier
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a noun of implacable: unable to forget a grudge
Implacability
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- How a person acts or feel in a way
Inclination
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Someone getting an inconvenience
Incommode
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Not in harmony
Incongruous
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Wanting to avoid work or causing little pain
Indolent
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A barricade to prevent an overflow of a river
Levee
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The crucial point of the matter, a small lump
Nub
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A pale face
Pallid
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A person who is gifted with abilities
Prodigies
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Remarkable or unnatural
Prodigious
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Something coming from a belief, and something with rabies
Rabid
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To make or become hard or solid
Solidified
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Drinking
Tippling
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Being attractive
Vivacity
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Ordinary
Wonted
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A long story
Yarns