Vocab 11 Flashcards
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Abjure
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Renounce; swear to refrain from something
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Abate
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Reduce in intensity
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Blandishments
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Words used to coax or flatter
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Boor
A
Ill-mannered person
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Cardinal
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- ) High ranking church official
2. ) Major, important
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Deliberate
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- ) Slow
- ) To think over
- ) On purpose
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Equivocation
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Speaking ambiguously
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Feckless
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Feeble; helpless; lacking in initiative
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Imperturbability
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Quality of being calm and not easily disturbed
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Meretricious
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Falsely attractive; tawdry
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Augury
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Prediction, looking for omens
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Boycott
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Refuse to have dealings with
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Glib
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Slick; superficial esp. in speech
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Incise
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Cut into
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Moralistic
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Concerned with morals
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Ostracism
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Shinning; social isolation
