Vocab Flashcards

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Recuperate

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To restore to good health or strength

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Ostracize

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V.) to expel from a community or group

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Sadistic

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Deriving pleasure or sexual gratification from inflicting pain onto others

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Rile

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To cause annoyance in, or disturb

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Unscrupulous

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Having or showing no moral principles

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Incognito

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Without revealing ones identity

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Rostrum

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Raised platform where someone makes a speech

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Pacifist

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A person who believes that war and violence are unjustifiable

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Qualm

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An uneasy feeling of doubt worry or fear about ones own conduct

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Gripe

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A complaint (noun) to grumble about something (verb)

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Grippe

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Outdated term for the flu

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Ironic

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Happening in an opposite way to what is expected

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Annex

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Noun.) 1. An addition to a document 2. A building joined robs main building
Verb.) to append or add an extra part

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Monotonous

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Dull and tedious

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Melancholy

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(Noun)A feeling of pensive sadness, with no obvious case

(Adj.) sad and pensive

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Pedagogy

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The science, art or profession of teaching and education

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Harrowing

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Extremely distressing

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Reciprocal

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Given, felt or done in return

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Blasé

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Unimpressed or indifferent to something because one has experienced or seen it so often before