Vocab Flashcards

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Auger

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A tool with a helical bit for boring holes in wood

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Contiguous

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Touching, in contact

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Corroborate

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To make more certain, confirm

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Contentious

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Tending to argument or strife, quarrelsome

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Defamation

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The act ofdefaming, false or unjustified injury of the good reputation

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Immaculate

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Free of spot/stain

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Enrapture

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To be delighted beyond measure

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Qualm

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Doubt, an uneasy feeling

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Compunction

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Regret, feeling of guilt after doing something

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Perplex

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To cause to be puzzled or bewildered

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Slovenly

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Untidy or unclean in appearance or habits

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Inquisition

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An investigation where individual rights are disregarded

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Adamant

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Utterly unyielding in attitude or opinion in spite of all urgings

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Licentious

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Sexually unrestrained, lewd, immoral

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Beguile

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To influence by trickery, flattery, mislead

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Trepidation

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Tremulous fear, alarm

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Conciliatory

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Tending to over come the distrust or hostility of, appeasing, pacifying

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Deference

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Humble submission and respect

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Penitence

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The state of repenting, feeling or showing sorrow

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Grapple

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To engage in a struggle or close encounter

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Purge

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Cleanse, purify, rid if what is undesirable