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Voc 10&11 Flashcards

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To accept without protest , to agree to submit

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Acquiesce

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To entice , to be attractive to, a strong attraction the power to attract

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Allure

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Twisted to one side, crooked, disapprovingly

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Askew

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Cheerful, lighthearted, casual, unconcerned

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Blithe

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Quarrelsome , inclined to argue

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Contentious

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To desire something belonging to another person

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Covet

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Discouraged, dejected,downcast

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Crestfallen

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Rumpled, missed, hanging in disorder

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Disheveled

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One who advocates , speaks for, explains, or interprets

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Exponent

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Given to much talking, tedious chatting

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Garrulous

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Incaple of being overcome

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Insuperable

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To be regretted or pitied

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Lamentable

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To entice , to be attractive to, a strong attraction the power to attract

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Allure

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Twisted to one side, crooked, disapprovingly

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Askew

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Cheerful, lighthearted, casual, unconcerned

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Blithe

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Quarrelsome , inclined to argue

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Contentious

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To desire something belonging to another person

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Covet

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Discouraged, dejected,downcast

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Crestfallen

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Rumpled, missed, hanging in disorder

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Disheveled

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One who advocates , speaks for, explains, or interprets

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Exponent

21
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Given to much talking, tedious chatting

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Garrulous

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Incaple of being overcome

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Insuperable

23
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To be regretted or pitied

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Lamentable

24
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An unsuitable or misleading name

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Misnomer

25
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To affirm openly, to sate belief in, to claim, to pretend

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Profess

26
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A period or relief or rest

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Respite

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A repayment, a deserved punishment

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Retribution

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Winding, having many curves, lithe and flexible

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Sinuous

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Full, deep, or rich in sound, impressive in style

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Sonorous

30
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E foremost part of an army, the leading position in any field

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Vanguard

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A wasteful person, spendthrift, a good for nothing

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Wastrel

32
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To refer casually or indirectly

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Allude

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Supernaturally perceptive, one who processes extrasensory powers,seer

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Clairvoyant

34
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Serving to settle an issue

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Conclusive

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Not respectable, not esteemed

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Disreputable

36
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Native or confined to a particular region or people

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Endemic

37
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Worthy of imitation, commendable, serving as a model

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Exemplary

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To understand, to get to the bottom of, to determine the depth of, a measure of depth in water

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Fathom

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Treacherous cunning, deceit

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Guile

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Hinesty, high moral standards, am unimpaired condition, completeness, soundness

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Integrity

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