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Vocab 4 Flashcards

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Personification

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The attribution of a personal nature or human characteristic to something non-human, or the representation of an abstract quality in human form

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Petulance

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Irritance and childish sulkiness

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Physicality

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The quality or state of being physical

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4
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Piety

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The quality of being religious

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5
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Plight

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A dangerous, difficult, or unpleasant situation

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Pomposity

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Self-importance expressed in an affected manner

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Pragmatic

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Dealing with things sensibly and realistically in a practical way

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Precede

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Come before something in time and order

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Pretence

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An attempt to make something that is not the case appear to be the case

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Prevalent

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Widely existing or occuring in a particular society or at a particular time

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Profuse

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Abundant in supply or quantity

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Promontory

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A high point of land that juts out into a large body of water

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Proverb

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A short popular saying or moral principle expressed in a concise and imaginative way

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14
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Prowess

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Skill or expertise in a particular activity or field

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Prudent

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Acting with or showing care and thought for the future

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Pun

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A joke exploiting the different possible meanings of a word or the fact that there are wordes that sound alike but have different meanings

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Radical

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Far-reaching or extreme

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Ramble

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Walk for pleasure; typically without a definite destination

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Receptive

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Willing to receive and accept new ideas or imformation

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Reflective

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Thinking deeply or carefully about something

23
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Regress

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Return to a former or less developed sthat

24
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Resentment

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Bitter indignation at having been treated unfairly

25
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Resignation

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Acceptance of something unavoidable

26
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Revelation

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A surprising and previously unknown fact that is made known to someone

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Revulsion

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A sense of disgust and loathing

28
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Rhetoric

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The art of effective or persuasive speaking or writing, especially the use of figures of speech and other compositional techniques

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Ripe

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Fully grown and developed

30
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Roiled

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Make (liquid) turbulent or muddy

31
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Ruthless

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Having or showing no pity or compassion for others

32
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Sarcasm

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The use of irony to mock or convey contempt

33
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Savour

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Taste or smell with great pleasure

34
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Sceptic

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A person inclined to question or doubt accepted opinions

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Seduction

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The action or art of persuading someone to do something they might not otherwise do, especially by being sexually attractive

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Sensory

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Relating to sensation or the senses

37
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Simile

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A figure of speech involving the comparison of one thing with another thing of a different kind, used to make a description more emphatic or vivid

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Smug

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Having or showing an excessive pride in oneself or one’e achievements

39
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Squelch

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Crush or subdue completely

40
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Starkness

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The state or quality of being stark

41
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Sublime

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Of very great excellence or beauty

42
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Subtle

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So delicate or precise as to be difficult to describe or analyze

43
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Superficial

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Existing or occuring at or on the surface

44
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Superlative

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Of the highest quality or degree

45
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Synchronous

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Occuring at the same time

46
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Synod

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An assembly of the clergy of a church, especially when convened to discuss and act on ecclesiastical matters

47
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Tangible

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Perceptible by touch

48
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Teeming

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Be full of or swarming with

49
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Temperament

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A person’s or animal’s nature, especially as it permanently or temporarily affects their behaviour

50
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Tessellated

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Decorate a surface with tessellations

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