Vocab Flashcards

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Clandestine

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Marked by, held in

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Taboo

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Banned on grounds of morality or taste

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3
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Paragon

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A model of excellence or perfection

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4
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Fatalistic

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Submission to fate

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5
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Pedantic

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Overly concerned with small details

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6
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Mercurial

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Easy to change, changeable

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7
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Proverbial

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Relating to

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8
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Magnanimous

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High minded

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9
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Facade

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Superficial appearance

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10
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Regaled

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To feast or eat

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11
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Lamentations

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To express grief

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12
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Melancholy

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A gloomy state of mind

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13
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Pales

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Light color or lacking in color

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14
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Derision

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To ridicule or mock

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15
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Veritable

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Something that is very much true

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16
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Harangue

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A scolding or verbal attack

17
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Impasse

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A position of no escape

18
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Raptures

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Ecstatic joy or delight

19
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Akin

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Allied by nature

20
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Sages

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A profoundly wise person

21
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Divan

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Sofa or couch used as a bed

22
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Incessant

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Continuing without interruption

23
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Shorn

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A past participle of shear

24
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Denounced

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To condemn or censure openly in public

25
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Tumultuous

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Loud, excited, emotional