The Importance of Being Earnest 3 Flashcards

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Insuperable

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Incapable of being passed over, overcomed, or surmounted

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Terminus

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A station or the town at the end of a railway or road

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Mercenary

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Only does something for money, working for payment only

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Ostentatious

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Characterized by or given to pretentious or conspicuous show in attempt to impress others

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Oxonian

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A member or graduate of Oxford University

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Tutelage

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The act of guarding, protecting, or guiding office or function guardian

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Heretical

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A person who maintains beliefs contrary to the established teachings of church

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Anabaptists

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A member of any of various Protestant sects, formed in Europe after 1520 that denied the validity of infant baptism, etc

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Nigh

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Near in space or time or revelation

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10
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Perambulator

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A baby carriage

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Capacious

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Capable of holding much, spacious or roomy

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12
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Omnibus

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A bus

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Effeminate

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Having traits, tastes, habits, etc traditionally considered feminine

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Candour

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The state or quality of being frank, open, sincere in speech or expression

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Machinations

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Crafty schemes, plots, intrigues

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Canonical

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Authorized, recongnized, accepted especially within the bible

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Profligate

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Utterly and shamelessly immoral or dissipated, recklessly prodigal or extravagant

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Apoplexy

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Stroke

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Effrontery

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Shameless or impudent boldness, barefaced audacity, insolent