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Vocab 16-18 Flashcards

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Attest

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To bear witness to, certify

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Acidulous

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Sarcastic

sickly taste, acid, sharp

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Devious

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Crafty, sneaky in a bad way

Not straight foreword, deceiving

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Ensure

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To secure or gaurentee

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Fallible

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Liable to err, imperfect

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Gaudy

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Tacky, trashy, showy

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Idolatry

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Worship of idols or physical objects

Blind adoration, devotion

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Irrelevant

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Not having to do with, not relevant

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Leach

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To pull out of something

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Neophyte

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A beginner, novice

Person newly baptized

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Noncommittal

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Not fully committee to something

Ambiguous

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Prolific

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Highly fruitful, highly productive,

Producing offspring, fertile

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Recompense

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To repay, remunerate, make amends for, provide compensation

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Regimen

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Systematic way of doing something

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Titanic

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Huge, enormous

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Wraith

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Visible spirit, apparition, ghost

Something that is thin

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Administer

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To manage, to apply

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Aquiline

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Shaped like an eagle’s beak, hooked

Curved and comes back

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Cache

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A hiding place

Supply of something stored away

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Calumny

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Slander, said to hurt/to ruin someone’s reputation

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Defunct

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No longer in effect or use, out of circulation, outdated

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Delude

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To mislead, deceive, evade, elude

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Elocution

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Person’s manner of speaking, delivery of speech

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Envoy

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Diplomatic agent, messenger, representative

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Guile

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Extreme cunning in attaining a goal, skill

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Impel

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Urge foreword, press on, propel

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Impermeable

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Not permeable, unable to be penetrated, not porous

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Impervious

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Unaffected by anything

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Impetuous

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Doing something without thinking

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Ordinance

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Edict issued by the town

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Rescind

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Revoke, to take back

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Veneer

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Thin outer covering of something
Thin
Layer of wood

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Advent

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Start, beginning/arrival of something

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Appalled

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Shocked, disgusted

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Craven

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To act cowardly

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Dilate

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To enlarge

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Ethereal

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Light, airy

Heavenly, awesome

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Exemplify

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Illustrate by example

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Illiterate

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Unable to read and write

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Lateral

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of, or pertaining to, the side

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Lissome

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Flexible, agile, nimble

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Odometer

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An instrument used for measuring distance traveled

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Ostentatious

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(of actions or manner) intended to attract notice

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Pacify

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To soothe, to please somebody

Quiet, calm

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Prone

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Natural inclination or tendency to something

Lying flat

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Rangy

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Tall and slender

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Sanctum

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Sacred or holy place

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Variance

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Act of doing something out of the ordinary

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