SL Vocab 2 Flashcards

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harshness in tone or manner

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Asperity

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in keeping with good taste and propriety

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Decorous

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3
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inhabitants of a particular place

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Demizens

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4
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the knowledge acquired by study

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Erudition

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5
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a feeling or condition of hostility or hatred

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Enmity

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urgency, pressure, or urgent demand

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Exigency

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the making of something seem less serious or more forgivable

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Extenuation

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8
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to make or use animated gestures

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Gesticulate

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9
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disgrace or shame

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Ignominy

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10
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inability or unwillingness to believe

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Incredulity

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unfriendly or hostile

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Inimical

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12
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stealthily treacherous or deceitful

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Insidious

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13
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the become accustom to hardship, difficulty, or pain

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Inure

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humorous, jesting, jolly, joking

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Jocular

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15
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pacified or appeased

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Mollified

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16
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childishly bad-tempered

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Petulant

17
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a commoner or peasant

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Plebeian

18
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keenness or smartness at an unusually early age

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Precocity

19
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natural inclination

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Propensity

20
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to claim something that seems to be truthful

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Purport

21
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to make submissive or subservient

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Subjugate

22
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to restrain or entangle

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Trammel

23
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a loud, confused noise

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Tumult

24
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pure or uncorrupted

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Unadulterated

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lively, animated, or spirited

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Vivacious