Unit 12 Vocabulary Flashcards

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Aesthetic

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-adj. pertaining to beauty; sensitive or responsive to beauty

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Defunct

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-adj. no longer in existence or functioning, dead

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Discomfit

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v. to frustrate, thwart, or defeat; to confuse, perplex, or embarrass

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Espouse

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-v. to take up and support; to become attached to, adopt; to marry

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Fetish

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-n. an object believed to have magical powers; an object of unreasoning devotion or reverence

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Gregarious

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-adj. living together in a herd or group; sociable, seeking the company of others

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Hapless

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-adj. marked by a persistent absence of good luck

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Impeccable

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-adj. faultless, beyond criticism or blame

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Importune

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-v. to trouble with demands; to beg for insistently

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Interpolate

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-v. to insert between other parts or things; to present as an addition or correction

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Irreparable

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-adj. incapable of being repaired or rectified

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Laconic

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-adj. concise, using few words

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Languish

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-v. to become weak, feeble, or dull; to droop; to be depressed or dispirited; to suffer neglect

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Mendacious

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-adj. given to lying or deception; untrue

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Nadir

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-The Lowest Point

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Omnipresent

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-present in all places at all times

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Perfunctory

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-adj. done in a superficial or halfhearted manner; without interest or enthusiasm

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Plaintive

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-adj. expressive of sorrow or woe, melancholy

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Requite

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-Verb: to make suitable repayment, as for a kindness, service, or favor; to make retaliation, as for an injury or wrong; to reciprocate

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Tantamount

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-Adj: equivalent, having the same meaning, value, or effect