vocab 9 Flashcards

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to strive to be equal to; to imitate

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emulate

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2
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dry and withered

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sere

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3
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know or think

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cogn

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4
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flesh

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carn

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5
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eat

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vor

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not

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in

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7
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to increase the value or beauty of something

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enhance

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8
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feeling regret for having committed some wrong doing

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contrite

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9
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noble; generous in forgiving; free from petty feelings or acts

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magnanimous

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10
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to work with another toward a goal

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collaborate

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to confine; to retain in legal custody

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impound

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12
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faultless; without sin or blemish

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impeacable

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13
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to summon forth

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evoke

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14
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without sense or meaning; silly

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inane

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15
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exaggeratedly or insincerely polite

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untcuous

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one who chooses to live outside of, or renounce, his or her native country

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expatriate

17
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unkempt

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frowzy

18
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hatefully or shockingly evil

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heinous

19
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to assume or claim as true, especially when arguing

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postulate