Vocab 5 Flashcards

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  1. To arise or increase as a natural result or growth

2. To come as a regular addition

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Accrue

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Difficult to understand

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Abstruse

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To accept as inevitable; to comply passively

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Acquiesce

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To stain or tarnish; to make dirty

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Besmirch

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Fully and clearly expressed, leaving nothing merrily implied

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Explicit

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Purposely affected; theatrical

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Histrionic

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The quality or state of being improper or unsuitable

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Impropriety

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to lure or trick into doing something

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Inveigle

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Sorry for having done wrong

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Penitent

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Honesty; trustworthiness; adherence to virtue

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Probity

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To give or present the false impression of being someone or intending something

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Purport

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An unforeseen or indirect result or affect of an event

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Repercussion

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Something that is made known or revealed, often coming as a surprise

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Revelation

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An overabundant supplies; an access

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Surfeit

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Having an unpleasant look, taste, or smell; morally offensive

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Unsavory

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