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PW Chapter 1-7 Vocabulary Flashcards

1
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increasing in size or Importance

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Ascending

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harshness of tone or manner

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Asperity

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a secret or disguised way of writing; a code

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Cipher

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a soldier armed with grenades or a grenade launcher

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Grenadier

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unable to be placated

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Implacability

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a person’s natural tendency or urge to act or feel in a particular way, a disposition or propensity

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Inclination

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inconvenience (someone

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Incommode

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not in harmony or keeping with the surroundings or other aspects of something

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Incongruous

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wanting to avoid activity or exertion: lazy

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Indolent

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an embankment built to prevent the overflow of a river

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Levee

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the crux or central point of a matter

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Nub

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(of a person’s face) pale, typically because of poor health

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Pallid

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a person, especially a young one, endowed with exceptional qualities or abilities

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Prodigies

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remarkably or impressively great in extent,size,or degree.

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Prodigious

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having or proceeding from an extreme or fanatical support of or belief in something

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Rabid

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make or become hard or solid

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Solidified

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17
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drink alcohol, especially habitually

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Tippling

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

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Vivacity

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habitual; usual

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Wonted

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20
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exagerated stories

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Yarns

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one’s opponent in a contest, conflict, or dispute

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Adversaries

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given to sudden and unaccountable changes of mood or behavior

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Capricious

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23
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a child belived to have been secretly substitued

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Changelings

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an extensive fire which destroys a great deal of land or property

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Conflagration

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ready to accept control or instruction; submissive

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Docile

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tricking somebody a trick

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Dupe

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an adjective or descriptive phrase expressing a quality characteristic of the person or thing mentioned

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Epithet

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express strong disapproval or disagreement

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Expostulated

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(typically of children) irritable and quarrelsome

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Fractious

30
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rude and mocking remarks

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Jeers

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very vivid in color, especially so as to create an unpleasantly harsh or unnatural effect

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Lurid

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obedient or attentive

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Obsequiousness

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stated or appearing to be true but not necessarily so

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Ostensible

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the authority to represent someone else especially in voting

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Proxy

35
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the forming of a theory or conjecture without firm evidence

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Speculations

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a person who takes a position or power or importance illegally or by force

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Usurper

37
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never bullet arrows or other projectiles discharged at one time

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Volley

38
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ridiculously old fashion

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Antediluvian

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approval or praise.

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Approbation

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a social group

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Caste

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a person or nation engage in fighting

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Combatants

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the branch of law concerned or documents for the transferring of property

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Conveyancing

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the customary code of polite behavior

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Etiquette

44
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inspiring fear or respect through being impressively large powerful intense are capable

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Formidable

45
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a period of two weeks

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Fortnight

46
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a small settlement generally one smaller than a village

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Hamlet

47
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incapable of making mistakes or being wrong

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Infallible

48
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a clumsy stupid person

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Lummox

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the fact or condition of being magnanimous; generosity

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Magnanimity

50
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ostentatiously rich and luxurious or lavish

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Opulent

51
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the quality of being religious or reverent

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Piety

52
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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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a member or follower of any of the western Christian churches that are separate from the Roman Catholic church and follow the principles of the reformation including the Baptist presbyterian and Lutheran churches

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Protestants

54
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an act of retaliation

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Reprisals

55
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ask or beg for something earnestly or humbly

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Supplicating

56
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very hot and dry

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Torrid

57
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a person who is staying or working in a place for only a short time

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Transients

58
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leadership or dominance especially by one country or social group over others

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Hegemony

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the language or dialect spoken by the ordinary people in a particular country or region

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Vernacular

60
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the use of humor, irony, exaggeration or ridicule to expose and criticize people’s stupidity or vices, particularly in the context of contemporary politics and other topical issues

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Satire

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