Vocab Flashcards
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penury
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poverty
2
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lucre
A
wealth
3
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avarice
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greed
4
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prodigally
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wastefully
5
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recalcitrant
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stubborn
6
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abjure
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renounce or repudiate, to deny
7
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abnegation
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denial
8
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adumbration
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foreshadowing or image of things to come
9
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aggrandizement
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an increase in wealth, power, or rank
10
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incendiary
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setting something on fire; something that is harmfully provocative
11
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evinced
A
made evident
12
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manifest
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apparent
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dubious
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doubtful
14
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demur
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shy away from
15
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relish
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to strongly like something
16
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hasten
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to hurry to do something
17
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rakish
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jaunty or dashing; sporty; stylish
18
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convivality
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friendliness or agreeableness
19
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temerity
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rashness or recklessness
20
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apathy
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indifference
21
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boon
A
benefit
22
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robust
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strong
23
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lax
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not strong
24
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craven
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cowardly
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brash
confident and aggressive in a rude way
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sanguine
optimistic or positive
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inefficacy
inability to produce a desired result
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japery
mockery
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inveterate
well established over a long time
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prudent
showing care and thought for the future, wise
31
quagmire
a bad situation that is difficult to escape
32
onerous
hard to deal with or burdensome
33
ephemeral
short-lived
34
recompensed
compensate
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culpable
blameworthy
36
usurp
seize, take over by force
37
cede
relinquish something
38
preeminent
more important, better than others
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preternatural
unusual, not realistic
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raillery
mockery or ridicule
41
paucity
few
42
plenum
fullness
