vocab 10 Flashcards

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idolatry

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(n) excessive or blind adoration; the worship of an object

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immutable

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(adj) changeable; fixed

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impecunious

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(adj) without money; penniless

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onus

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(n) a burden; a responsibility

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bucolic

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(adj) pertaining to the countryside; rural; rustic

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impious

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(adj) disrespectful toward God

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emanate

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(v) to come forth; to send forth

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adulterate

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(v) to make impure; to contaminate

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garish

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(adj) tastelessly gaudy

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diadem

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(n) a crown

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redolent

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(adj) having a pleasant odor; suggestive or evocative

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sedition

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(n) rebellion or resistance againt the government

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delineate

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(v) to describe, to depict

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gratuitous

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(adj) unnecessary or uncalled-for

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caveat

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(n) a warning

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