Senester 2 Vocab 1 Flashcards

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Envoy

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A messenger or representative, especially one on a diplomatic mission

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Enjoin

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Instruct or urge someone to do something

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Interloper

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Intruder, encroacher

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Vicarious

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experienced in the imagination through the feelings or actions of another person

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Admonish

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warn or reprimand someone firmly

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Lassitude

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A state of physical or mental weariness: lack of energy

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Licentious

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Promiscuous and unprincipled in sexual matters

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Muse

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N: a woman, or a force personified as a woman, who is the source of inspiration for a creative artist.

V: be absorbed in thought; ponder

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Pecuniary

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of, relating to, or consisting of money.

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Microcosm

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a community, place, or situation regarded as encapsulating in miniature the characteristic qualities or features of something much larger.

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a little world; a world in miniature (opposed to macrocosm ).

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Macrocosm

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the whole of a complex structure, especially the world or universe, contrasted with a small or representative part of it.

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the great world or universe; the universe considered as a whole (opposed to microcosm ).

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