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v3 Flashcards

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supplanted

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supersede or replace

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supersede

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take the place of

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3
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infringed

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actively breaking the terms of a law or agreement

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exigency

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urgent need or demand

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5
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consummate

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make a relationship official by sexual intercourse

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wiles

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devious or cunning stratagems employed in manipulating or persuading someone to do what one wants

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eunuch

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castrated male employed to guard women’s living areas at oriental court, ineffectual person

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petulant

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childish sulking or bad tempered

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bursar

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college financial manager

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evasive

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avoid commitment or self-revelation, responding indirectly

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flummoxed

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bewildered or perplexed

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anthologized

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include in an anthology

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anthology

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published series of poems or pieces of writing

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martinet

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strict disciplinarian in army

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tantalizing

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torment or tease of something unattinable

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perogative

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right or privilege exclusive to individual

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pugnacity

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earger or quick to fight or argue

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spinsters

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typically older unmarried women

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subsect

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sect directly derived from another

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eclectic

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deriving ideas, style, or taste from a broad range of sources

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allude

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suggest or call attention to indirectly, hint at

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prudent

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acting with care or thought of the future

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expositional

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expounding, setting forth, explaining, detailed statement

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posthaste

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with great speed or immediacy

25
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geritol

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trademark name for various dietary supplements, typically for iron deficiency

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settee

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long upholstered seat, typically with back and arms

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akin

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similar character, related by blood

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cloak and dagger

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involving characteristic of mystery, intrigue, or espionage

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prowl

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move around restlessly and stealthily, in search of prey, prowling

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taciturn

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reserved or uncommunicative in speech, saying little

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his girl friday

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efficient and faithful female assistant

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evocative

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bringing strong images, memories, or feelings to mind

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deluding

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impose a misleading belief upon someone, deceive, fool

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hospice

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home providing care for the sick and terminally ill

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melancholia

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subtype of depression, extreme despair or guilt

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contemporaries

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person or thing living or existing at the same time as another, same age

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sojourn

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temporary stay

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cobbler

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mender/maker of shoes and leather goods, clumsy workman

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denizens

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inhabitant or occupant of a particular space

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pious

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devoutly religious, hypocritical display of virtue

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faux pa

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significant or embarrassing error or mistake

42
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petulance

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quality of being childishly sulky or bad-tempered

43
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gangbusters

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police officer/person who takes part in breaking up criminal gangs, very successful

44
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canape

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small bread or pastry with topping often served with drinks at a formal party

45
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lugged architrave

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clasically inspired window or door casing

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wainscot

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wooden paneling on the lower part of walls of a room

47
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Mennonite

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chrisitan group of anabaptist similar to amish

48
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ouzo

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is a dry anise-flavoured aperitif that is widely consumed in Greece and Cyprus. It is made from rectified spirits that have undergone a process of distillation and flavoring

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saccharin

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sweet-tasting synthetic compound used as a sugar substitite

50
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nonsensical

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having no meaning or not making sense

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