Unit 6-10 Flashcards

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apprise

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to inform

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approbation

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praise; approval

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appropriate

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to take possession for one’s own use; confiscate

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artless

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guileless (straightfoward); natural

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ascetic

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one who practices self-denial; self-denying; austere

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assiduous

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dilligent; hard working

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assuage

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to make less severe

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attenuate

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to weaken

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audacious

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bold; daring

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austere

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stern; unadorned; rigorously self-disciplined

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autonomous

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self-governing; independent

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aver

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to affirm; declare to be true

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revelry

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boisterous festivity

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bacchanalian

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pertaining to a riotous or drunken festivity ie revelry (bak-uh-ney-lee-in)

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banal

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commonplace; trite; ordinary

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belie

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to contradict; misrepresent; give a false impression

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beneficent

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kindly; doing good

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bombastic

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pompous; using inflated language

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boorish

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rude; insensitive

20
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broach

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mention for the first time