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Vocab 12 Flashcards

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impassive

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expressionless

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imbibe

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to receive into the mind; to absorb

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illusory

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deceptive; producing an illusion

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husband

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to be economical; to use sparingly; frugal

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mote

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a small particle; morsel

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salient

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prominent, conspicuous

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recidivism

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a tendency to relapse into a previous behaviour (like in criminals)

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seraphic

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angelic and sweet

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visceral

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subjective rather than objective

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limber

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flexible; malleable

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squalid

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dilapidated

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stint

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to be frugal

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portentous

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foreshadowing and ominous; eliciting amazement and wonder

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importunate

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troublesomely urgent; persisten in request or demand

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patent

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obvious, evident

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patrician

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aristocratic/aristocrat

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relegate

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to banish, exile or expel

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reprove

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to criticize or correct

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insensate

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lacking sensibility and understanding; foolish

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sinecure

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a well-paying job that requires little or no work

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preternatural

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extraordinary, supernatural

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libertine

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a free thinker, without moral restraint

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solicitous

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eager, showing interest, anxious

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purport

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to claim

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rankle

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to cause anger and irritation

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pore

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to peruse

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savant

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a scholar, a student

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requite

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to return (a favour or smthg like that)

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mordant

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biting and caustic in manner

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wry

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dry, mocking humour

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proffer

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to hold out something to someone for acceptance

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progenitor

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an ancestor

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yen

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a strong desire or craving

34
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mutability

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capable of change; flexible, malleable

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kismet

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destiny, fate

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revile

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to criticize harshly

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promulgate

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to proclaim, to declare

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potentate

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a ruler; someone with great power

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precipitously

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done suddenly without careful consideration; impetuous

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presage

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something that foreshadows; harbinger

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lampoon

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to ridicule with satire

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sacrilegious

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impious; not religiously reverent, desecrate

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lecherous

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crude and offensive, usually in a sexual way

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prestidigitation

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sleight of hand, legerdemain, magic trick

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levity

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an inappropriate lack of seriousness; blithe, flippant

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sully

A

damage the purity of

47
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supersede

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to be replaced

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proscribe

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to condemn or forbid as harmful or unlawful

49
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malfeasance

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wrongdoing or misconduct

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tremulous

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timid, timorous

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