Vocab 1 Flashcards

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Taciturn

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Habitually quite; disinclined to talk

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Assuage

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To lessen the intensity of; to ease, pacify(make someone feel better)

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Vapid

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Lacking liveliness or force; uninteresting (maddys face)

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Predilection

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A preference for; bias for something

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Nebulous

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Hazy, indistinct, unclear; vague

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Entailment

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Legal term referring to the transferring of property through heirs

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Condescension

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Attitude of patronizing superiority; distain

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Auspicious

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Favorable; prosperous; promising success

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Scuppernong

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A species of grape native to the southern U.S.

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Pestilence

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A deadly, epidemic disease

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Edification

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Verification; explanation

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Ascertain

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To find something out for certain; to find out definitely; to determine

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Aberration

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Departure from normal

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Lineament

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Any feature of the body, particularly the face

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Philippic

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Speech or discourse of bitter denunciation

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Umbrage

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Offense; displeasure; annoyance

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Rectitude

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Rightness of principal conduct, or moral virtue; correctness

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Interdict

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Prohibition; restraint

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Palliation

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Lessening the intensity of; the easing or pacifying of something ?? Don’t think that’s correct

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Cantankerous

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Bad tempered ; quarrelsome