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Vocab 44-80 Flashcards

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1
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a maxim accepted as true on its intrinsic merits

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axiom

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2
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superiority in weight, power, or strength

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preponderance

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3
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overly difficult to please

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fastidious

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timidly, tremblingly

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tremulously

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5
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indecent, indecorous

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unseemly

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extremely rigorous self-discipline; severely austere

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ascetic

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the use of clever but unsound reasoning, especially in relation to moral questions; sophistry

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casuistry

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the action or habit of forbearing, dispensing with, refraining or abstaining from

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forbearance

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9
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to set free or to discharge from an oath or obligation

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absolve

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10
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a person who has withdrawn or secluded himself from the world; a recluse or hermit

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anchorite

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in ruinous state or neglected condition, lifeless; to deprive of inhabitants or to make unfit for habitation

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desolate

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12
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evil in influence

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malignant

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13
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thrown into mental confusion

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disconcerted

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14
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conventional religious image used by Eastern Orthodox Christians

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ikon

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15
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malicious

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spiteful

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16
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reducing in rank or treatment

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degrading

17
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pompous or bombastic in speech or expression

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grandiloquent

18
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noble in mind; great in soul

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magnanimous

19
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defiant, swaggering behavior; false bravery

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bravado

20
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extremely thin

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emaciated

21
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to reason earnestly with someone in an effort to dissuade

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expostulate

22
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brooding ill humor; gloomy, morose, resentful

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sullen

23
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to impress favorably beforehand; attractive, pleasing

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prepossessing

24
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one who engages in subtle but misleading or false application of ethical principles

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casuist

25
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scorn for the motives or virtues of others; bitterly mocking, sneering

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cynicism

26
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with disapproval, suspicion, mistrust

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askance

27
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insulted, offended by a show of disrespect

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affronted

28
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to seek notice or favor by servile behavior

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fawned

29
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timid, shy or lacking confidence in oneself

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diffident

30
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done with vengeance; showing spite

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vindictively

31
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characterized by cleverness or resourcefulness

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ingeniously

32
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irritation; annoyance

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vexation

33
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careful in observance of all formalities of conduct

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punctiliousness

34
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corrupted, perverted

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depraved

35
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tending to instill doubt, distrust; suggestive; hinting indirectly

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insinuating

36
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short-lived transitory

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ephemeral

37
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self-righteous; abounding in pithy maxims

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sententiously

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