PW CATER 1-7 Flashcards

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Ridiculously old fashioned.

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Antediluvian

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Approval or praise.

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Approbation

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  1. Each of the hereditary classes of Hindu society, distinguished by relative degrees of ritual purity or pollution and of social status.
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Caste

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  1. A person or nation engaged in fighting during a war.
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Combatants

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1.the branch of law concerned with the preparation of documents for the transferring of property.

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Conveyancing

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  1. The customary code of polite behavior in society or among members of a particular profession or group.
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Etiquette

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  1. Inspiring fear or respect through being impressively large, powerful, intense, or capable.
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Formidable

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8
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2 weeks

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Fortnight

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  1. A small settlement, generally one smaller than a village.
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Hamlet

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  1. incapable of making mistakes or being wrong.
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Infallible

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Lummox- A clumsy, stupid person.

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Lummox

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Magnanimity- 1. The fact or condition of being magnanimous; generosity.

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Magnanimity

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  1. Ostentatiously rich and luxurious or lavish.
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Opulent

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14
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. The quality of being religious or reverent.

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Piety

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  1. An earlier event or action that is regarded as an example or guide to be considered in subsequent similar circumstances.
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Precedent

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16
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A member or follower of any of the Western Christian churches that are separate from the Roman Catholic Church

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Protestants

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17
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An act of retaliation

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Reprisals

18
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Ask or beg for something earnestly or humbly.

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Supplicating

19
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Full of difficulty or tribulation.

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Torrid-

20
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  1. A person who is staying or working in a place for only a short time.
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Transients

21
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  1. Leadership or dominance, especially by one country or social group over others.
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Hegemony

22
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  1. The language or dialect spoken by the ordinary people in a particular country or region.
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Vernacular

23
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  1. The use of humor, irony, exaggeration, or ridicule to expose and criticize people’s stupidity or vices, par ticularly in the context of contemporary politics and other topical issues.
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Satire

24
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  1. Increasing in size or importance.
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Ascending

25
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  1. harshness of tone or manner.
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Asperity

26
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Math doing

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Cipher

27
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  1. A soldier armed with grenades or a grenade launcher.
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Grenadier

28
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  1. Impossible to placate or appease.
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Implacability

29
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  1. A person’s natural tendency or urge to act or feel in a particular way; a disposition or propensity.
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Inclination

30
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  1. Inconvenience (someone).
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Incommode

31
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1.Not in harmony or keeping with the surroundings or other aspects of something.

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Incongruous

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    1. Wanting to avoid activity or exertion; lazy.
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Indolent

33
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The crux or central point of a matter.

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Nub

34
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  1. (of a person’s face) pale, typically because of poor health.
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Pallid

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  1. A person, especially a young one, endowed with exceptional qualities or abilities.
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Prodigies

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  1. Remarkably or impressively great in extent, size, or degree
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Prodigious

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  1. Having or proceeding from an extreme or fanatical support of or belief in something.
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Rabid

38
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  1. make or become hard or solid.
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Solidified

39
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  1. Drink alcohol, especially habitually.
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Tippling

40
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(Especially in a woman) the quality of being attractively lively and animated.

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Vivacity

41
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  1. habitual; usual.
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Wonted

42
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  1. A long or rambling story, especially one that is implausible.
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Yarns