Vocab Flashcards

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Qualms

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And uneasy feeling or pang of conscience as to conduct compunction

A sudden feeling of apprehension uneasiness or sensation of faintness or illness

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Sadistic

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Taking enjoyment in being cruel

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Exhibitionist

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A person who behaves in ways intended to attract attention or display their powers and personality

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Unscrupulous

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Unrestrained by
conscienceless,
unprincipled

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5
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Pacifist

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A person who believes in pacifism opposed to violence and war

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Tiff

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A slight or petty quarrel

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7
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Lavish

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lavish spending

Using or giving in great amounts

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Conscientious

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Controlled by or done according to conscious;

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9
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Incognito

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Having one’s identity concealed

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10
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Putrid

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In the state of foul decay or decomposition

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Immaterial

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Unessential

Unimportant

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Sterling

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A man of Sterlingworth thoroughly excellent

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13
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Rile

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To irritate

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14
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Nonchalant

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Cooley unconcerned indifferent or unexcited

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Rake

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A dissolute or profligate person

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Bourgeois

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Belonging to characteristics of or consisting of the middle class

Materialistic concerns

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Blasé

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Indifferent to or bored with life unimpressed

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Sacrilegious

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Violating that which is sacred

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Boisterous

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Rough and noisy. Rowdy

20
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Pedagogical

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Of or pertaining to teaching

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Harrowing

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extremely disturbing or distressing

22
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Reciprocal

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Given performed felt

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Affected

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Assumed artificially unnatural Feigned

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Ostracize

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To exclude by general consent from society friendship conversation and privileges

To banish a person from his or her native country