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Vocab 19 Flashcards

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1
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A person who disagrees

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Dissidents

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2
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Central point

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Crux

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3
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Familiar

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Conversant

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4
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Noisy uproar and chaos

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Bedlam

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5
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To wither away

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Atophy

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6
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A collection

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Anthology

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7
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Covered with green plants

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Verdant

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8
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Fearful

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Timorous

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9
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To reproduce exactly

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Replicate

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10
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Underlying reason

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Rational

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11
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Having lustful desires or thoughts

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Purient

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12
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Flexible

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Pliable

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13
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To swing back and forth

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Oscillate

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14
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Extremely variant or diverse

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Motley

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15
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Recital or list

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Litany

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16
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After the robbery was committed, the police quickly apprehended the _______ and took him to jail

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Perpetrator

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17
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Though Aaron seems confident, fear and insecurity hover over him like _______ ready to haunt him

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Phantasm

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18
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The priest asked for our prayers and _______ for the sick and poor parish

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Supplications

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19
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In Amy’s family, there was _______ agreement on curfews; her parents agreed and she did not

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Unilateral

20
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Under her _______ of sophistication and confidence, holly is actually shy, nervous hicks

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Venner

21
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Thanks to the _______ of fashion, everyone is wearing cowboy hats, sandals, and bow ties

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Vagaries

22
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The _______ of charges against the young man include vandalism, theft, battery, and slander

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Litany

23
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Aston said the hot new novel was deliciously _______, but found many sex scenes to be immoral and in bad taste

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Licentious

24
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Licking the ears of the people he met did not _______ Adam to his guest at the party

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Ingratiate

25
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Kanye West and Amy Winehouse _______ the most Grammys during the awards show

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Garnered

26
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After the presidential candidate was discovered to be a fan of Marilyn Manson there was a mass _______ of his supporters to other campaigns

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Exodus

27
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The band played the song so poorly, it almost sounded like a _______

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Dirge

28
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Why such a large number of people watch American idol is a _______ to music critics, who contend the songs on the show are among the worst ever created

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Conundrum

29
Q

The poster at the store was a Renaissance painting of both _______ and angels

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Cherubs

30
Q

Miriam wanted to be popular, but she never managed to penetrate the _______ of cheerleaders, athletes, and student council members who controlled the schools social system

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Cabal

31
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The bandits had a _______ of weapons near their hideout in the mountains

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Cache

32
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At the press conference, the spokesperson endured a _______ of questions from the reporters about the war

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Barrage

33
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Still in shock from the raiders winning a game, Mr Ferrero was practically has _______ while trying to describe his elation

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Aphasia

34
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Doreen’s figure has passes the point of being _______ and reached the point of being fat

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Voluptuous

35
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Because they had such strict parents, Greg and Mary continually had to arrange _______, usually by sneaking out late at night on the weekends

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Trysts

36
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Shirley lay _______ on her desk chair, soaking up the sun

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Supine

37
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The VIP suspended the students because they had sneaked through the halls, toilet papered the school grounds, and other _______ stunts

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Sophomoric

38
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Shelia’s parents are quite _______; they won’t let her stay out past 7:30 and they won’t let her speak to any boy

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Puritanical

39
Q

Dr Seuss was the _______ of Theodore Geisel

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Pseudonym

40
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The crazy scientist began to _______ the theory that trees grow because invisible giants pull them out of the ground

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Propound

41
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According to Buddhists, you reach _______ once you have purged your soul of hatred, passion, and self delusion; however, some people claim they reach this state just by listening to great music

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Nirvana

42
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Although bombs dropped all around it, the tiny church remained _______ throughout the entire war

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Inviolate

43
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When she was around her parents, Nancy put on the _______ of the sweetest christian girl; around her friends however, show was known as a hard drinking sexually experienced woman

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Facade

44
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Mary Ellen _______ husband had bern making unkind comments about every since they separated

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Estranged

45
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The first _______ use of the bottle opener was in 1892

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Documented

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