Vocab 6 Flashcards
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satire
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a literary work attacking human vice
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scavenge
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to search through
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sectarian
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narrow-minded
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seditiousness
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relating to language rebelling against authority
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seminal
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highly influential
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severe
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strict
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shirked
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avoided or neglected
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skeptical
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questioning
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slighting
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disparaging
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slights
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deliberate discourtesies
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slovenly
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untidy
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sneer
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to make a contemptuous expression
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solicitous
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full of desire, careful
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somnolence
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sleepiness
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sonorous
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producing a deep, rich sound
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soporific
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to induce sleep
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spare
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to treat mercifully
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spirit
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the essence of something
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spontaneous
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not predictable
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spurious
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not genuine
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stalwarts
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one who supports a cause
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staple
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a basic dietary item
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stigmatized
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characterized as disgraceful
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stimulation
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creating sensation
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strenuous
requiring great effort
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strident
loud or shrill
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subjective
taking place in a person's mind
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subservience
subordination
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subsidence
the act of sinking to a lower level
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substantiate
to support with proof
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substantive
not subordinate
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subtle
not immediately obvious
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succumb to
to submit to an overwhelming force
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summation
addition
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superficial
near the surface
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supine
lying on the back and facing upward
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synergy
combining 2+ agents to have a greater force
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tabernacle
a place of worship
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taciturn
silent
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tactile
tangible
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temperate
moderate behavior
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tendentious
partisan
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tenuous
flimsy
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tractable
easily handled or controlled
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traverse
to pass over or through
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trendsetter
one who initiates a style or trend
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trite
lacking power to evoke interest
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trivialized
reduced to the quality of little significance
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trove
a collection of valuable items
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truncated
to be cut off at the end
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tumult
disorderly commotion
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ubiquitous
widespread
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unanticipated
not expected
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unconcerned
indifferent
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unconventional
out of the ordinary
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uncorroborated
not strengthened with evidence
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underdog
one at a disadvantage
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understatement
a disclosure that is incomplete
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undistinguished
ordinary
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unequivocal
clear and unambiguous
