Set 1 Additional Words Flashcards by Audrey Jacobs | Brainscape

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instructive

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useful and informative

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propriety

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accepting conventional standards or morals

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infirmity

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physical or mental weakness

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zealous

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being eager

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decency

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accepeting standards of respect

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preferment

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promotion to an office or position

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venerable

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great deal of respect due to age,wisdom, or character

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vex

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make someone feel annoyed or frustrated

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casuistry

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clever but unsound reasoning

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enthrallment

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being fascinated

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wry

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dry mocking humor

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jargon

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special words used for certain groups

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ineffable

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to a great extreme

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obdurate

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refusing to change opinion or actions

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tranquility

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being calm

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pedigree

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decent of an animal

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benevolent

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well meaning and kindly

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impede

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delay or prevent something

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palliations

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to relieve or lesson

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refute

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to be wrong

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zeal

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lots of energy, enthusiasm

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ambivalence

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having mixed feelings

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effusive

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expressing gratitude

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extrude

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force out

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frailty

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decline in late life

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demireps

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a woman who is considered doubtful

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cartwrighting

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building carts

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rapturous

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great feeling or pleasure

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reverence

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deep respect for someone or something

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sansculottism

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an extreme radical republican in France

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prodigious

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remarkable impressive

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expenditure

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spending funds

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partition

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dividing

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discernment

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ability to judge well

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laudatory

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expressing praise

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facile

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appearing neat and comprehensive

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solemn

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formal

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Commingle

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mix or blend

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arpeggio

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music notes

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obstreperous

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noisy and difficult to control

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retrenchment

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reduction of cost

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armaments

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military weapons

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intemperance

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lack of restraint

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amalgam

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a mixture or blend

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commemorate

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show respect

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sanguine

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optimistic

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disparage

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represent something with little worth

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brevity

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use of exact words in speech

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mirth

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amusement

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acquiescing

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relating to without protest

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apparition

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a ghost like image of a person

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amalgamation

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the result of combining

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consummate

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sexual intercourse

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epochs

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a period of time in someones life

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permeate

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spread throughout

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pomps

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ceremony

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vainglorious

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proud of ones self

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devious

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underhanded tactics

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extirpated

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destroy

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exalted

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a powerful person

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overt

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done or shown openly

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celibate

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abstaining from marriage and sexual activities due to religion

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embryologic

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formation of gowth in living animals

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acerbic

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sharp and forthright

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extolled

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to praise a lot