Vocab 9 & 10 Flashcards

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Mundane (adjective)

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Ordinary

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Eulogy (noun)

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Piece of writing honoring a dead one

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Progeny (noun)

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Children

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4
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Copious (adjective)

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Plentiful; wordy

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5
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Tenure (noun)

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office building

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6
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Euphony (noun)

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pleasant combination of sounds

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7
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Sonorous (adjective)

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cabable of producing

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8
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Abnegation (noun)

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Self-denial

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9
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Poignant (adjective)

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Painfully felt

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10
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Extraneous (adjective)

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foreign

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11
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hackneyed (adjective)

A

overused

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12
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paragon (noun)

A

a perfect example

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13
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inconsequential (noun)

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unimportant

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ascribe (verb)

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to assign (as to a cause)

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15
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humdrum (adjective)

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without variety or excitement

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16
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engendered (verb)

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to produce

17
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idiosyncrasy (noun)

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a quirk

18
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elegy (noun)

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a sad song

19
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homilies (noun)

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a long writing or talk