Vocab 1 Flashcards by Jack Brodish | Brainscape

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Taciturn

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Silent

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Vapid

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Uninterested

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Predilection

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Preference

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Nebulous

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Hazy and indistinct

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Entailment

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Property limited to certain heirs

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Condescension

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Treat others as inferior

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Auspicious

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Favorable

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Scuppernong

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Grapes

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Pestilence

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Epidemic disease

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Edification

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Instruction or improvement

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Ascertain

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To find out for sure

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Aberration

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Different from normal

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Lineament

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Characteristic feature

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Philippic

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Harsh statements

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Umbrage

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Offense or displeasure

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Rectitude

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Righteousness

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Interdict

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Official restraint

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Palliation

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To lessen the seriousness

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Cantankerous

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Quarrelsome

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Assuage

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To relieve