Vocab 12 And 13 Flashcards

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Appalling

Link:falling

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Adj, feels I with dismay

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Bulwark

Link:bulls work

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Noun…..barricade,defensive wall

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Astute

Link:suit

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Adj, clever,smart

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Austere

Link:steer

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Simple,plain, without excess,unadomed,adj

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Cacophony

Link:cough

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Harsh sounds

Noun

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Criterion

Link:librarian

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Basis for judgement , standard or rule by which something can be judged
Noun

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Commodious

Link:commode

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Capacious,spacious,roomy

Adj

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Caucus

Link:cactus

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A political meeting

Noun

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Dearth

Link :earth

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lack, short of something

Noun

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Grandiloquent

Link: grand elephant

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Being big and flashy to impress people

Adj

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Incongruous

Link:congress

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Not the same, not fitting in

Adj

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Lassitude

Link:lazy dude

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A condition of weariness :fatigue

Noun

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Claimant

Link: claim ant

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Noun , someone making a claim

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Cloister

Link:oyster

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Secluded place, peaceful place

Noun

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Archaic

Link: cake

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Ancient ,outdated ,belonging to an earlier

Adj

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Defamed

Link: rename

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Ruin someone’s good name, slander, libel , take away a good name
Verb

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Girth

LinK:birth

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The distance around something , circumference

Noun

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Idiosyncrasy

Link:sink crazy

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A unique trait or habit that is unique about ya

Noun

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Lieu

Link:brew

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Instead of

Noun

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Feigned

Link:insane

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To fake

Verb

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Engulf

Link:gulf

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To Surround

Verb

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Infamy

Link:family

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Evil reputation

Noun

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Irascible

Link:wrestle bulls

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Easily angered , irritable

Adj

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Masticate

Link: mast ate

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To chew

Verb