Vocab #3 Flashcards

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Manse

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Mansion

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Tacit

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Implied or indicated, but not actually expressed

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Capacious

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Containing or capable of containing a great deal

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Convelescence

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A period of recovery after a sickness or injury

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Salient

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Standing out conspicuously

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Inveigle

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To win over with ingenuity or flattery

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Consternation

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amazement or dismay that hinders or throws into confusion

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Insidious

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Harmful but enticing

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Effulgence

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Radiant splendor; brilliance

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Latent

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On the verge of emerging

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Sultriness

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Very hot and humid

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Exhorted

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To war or advise

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Vindicated

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Confirmed

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Idiosyncratic

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Characteristically peculiar

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Invoking

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To petition for help or support

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Sinecure

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An office or position that requires little or no work and that usually
provides an income

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Bantam

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A person of diminutive stature and often combative disposition

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Impinge

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To have an effect; make an impression

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Insinuating

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Tending gradually to cause doubt, distrust, or change of outlook
often in a slyly subtle manner

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Encumbrance

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Impediment, burden