S.L. vocab 1 Flashcards

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sepuchers

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A small room or monument built of stone in which a dead person is buried

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ponderous

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doll laborers or excessively solemn

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congenial

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Pleasant agreeable because suited to ones taste or inclination

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inauspicious

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not conductive to success not promising unlucky

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solemnity

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State of being serious and dignified

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penal

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relating to the punishment of offenders under the legal system

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repute

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the state of being generally regarded in a particular way

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ignominy

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public shaming or disgrace

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iniquity

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The moral or grossly unfair behavior

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rankles

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cause annoyance or resentment that persists

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conspicuous

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standing out as to be clearly visible

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amenable

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Open and responsive to suggestion easily persuaded

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progenitors

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person who originates in artistic political or intellectual movement

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plebeian

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a commoner

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commiseration

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sympathy and sorrow for the misfortunes of others

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voluptuous

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curvaceous & sexually attractive

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reviled

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criticize in an abusive or angrily insulting manner

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succor

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give assistance or aid to

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incredulity

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the state of being unwilling or unable to believe something

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exigences

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an urgent need or demand

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antiquated

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old fashioned or outdated

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garb

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clothing or dress especially of a distinctive kind

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mountebank

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a person who deceives others

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tremulous

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timid; nervous, shaking

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edifice

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building a large imposing one