Unit 1 vocab Flashcards by Benjamin Beals | Brainscape

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Bellwether

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Ringleader

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Adjunct

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Addition

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Caterwaul

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Whine

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Chimerical

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Visionary, pie in the sky

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Effete

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Enfeebled, decadent

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Fait accompli

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Accomplished fact

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Hidebound

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Intolerant, inflexible

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Hierarchy

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Chain of command

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Laissez-fair

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Nonrestrictive

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Liturgy

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Observance

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Morass

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Bog

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Noisome

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Vile, noxious

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Poltroon

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A base coward

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Proselyte

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A convert, disciple

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Quasi

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Kind of

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Raillery

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Teasing

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Ribald

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Irreverently mocking

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Supine

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Prone, prostrate

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Vignette

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Thumbnail sketch

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Oblivious

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Forgetful, unaware