Right Side Flashcards by Danielle Quesinberry | Brainscape

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Practice restraint as means of self-discipline usually relious

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Ascetic

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Sleepy, drowsy

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Somnolent

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A curse, expression of ill-will

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Aspersion

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An aggressive argument against a specific opinion

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Polemic

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Original, ancient

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Primeval

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A strong inclination toward something

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Proclivity

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Favorable

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Propitious

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Event that happens by chance

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Vicissitude

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Experiencing through another

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Vicarious

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Diversified, distinctly marked

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Variegated

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Smooth or greasy in texture, appearance, manner

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Unctuous

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Giving a hypocritical appearance of piety

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Sanctimonious

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Eager to follow rules or conventions

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Punctilious

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Wild, savage

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Feral

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A strong dislike, repugnance

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Antipathy

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Short, abrupt, dismissive

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Brusque

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To belittle, depreciate

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Deprecate

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Wickedness or sin

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Iniquity

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Concerned, attentive

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Solicitous

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Having little substance or strength

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Tenuous

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Full of yearning; musingly sad

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Wistful

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To regard with respect or to honor

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Venerate

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Existing everywhere, widespread

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Ubiquitous

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Stealthy

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Surreptitious

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Subservient

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Servile

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To move in waves

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Undulate

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Light, airy, transparent

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Diaphanous

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Silly, foolish

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Fatuous

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In the process of being born or coming into exsitence

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Nascent

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Lacking color

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Pallid

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Small in quantity

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Paucity

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Not free flowing, syrupy

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Viscous

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Dried up, dehydrated

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Desiccated

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Having a foul odor

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Fetid

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A remedy for all ills or difficulties

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Panacea

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Advanced developing ahead of time

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Precocious

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Believing that oneself is all that exsists

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Solipsistic

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Not inclined to talk

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Taciturn

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Equivalent in value or significance

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Tantamount

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Highest point or the culminating point

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Zenith