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Vocab #22 Flashcards

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Amoral

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(Adj) lacking a scenes of right or wrong

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Anarchy

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(N) absence of government or control; lawless

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Benevolent

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(Adj) kind; generous; doing good

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Candor

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(N) truthfulness; sincere honesty

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Condescend

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(V) to stoop to someone else’s level, usually in an offensive way

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Extricate

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(V) to free from difficulty

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Frenetic

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(Adj) frantic; frenzied

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Philistine

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(N) a smugly ignorant person with no appreciation for artistic or intellectual matters

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Poignant

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(Adj) painfully emotional; extremely moving

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Sycophant

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(N) one who sucks up to others

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