Vocab 9 Flashcards

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Deviation from a right, customary, or prescribed course.

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Aberration - n

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To aid, promote, or encourage the commission of (an offense).

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Abet - v

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A trinket.

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Bauble - n

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To make quiet.

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Becalm - v

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Of prime or special importance.

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Cardinal - adj

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Sarcastic and severe.

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Caustic - adj

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Pertaining to a formal presentation.

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Expository - adj

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To grind or strike the teeth together, as from rage.

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Gnash - v

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An image or likeness.

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Icon - n

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Imperceptible to the touch.

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Impalpable - adj

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Of, pertaining to, or living on a shore.

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Littoral - adj

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Anything that severely tests courage, strength, patience, conscience, etc.

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Ordeal - n

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To restore to youth.

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Rejuvenate - v

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A thing that differs from another in form only, being the same in essence or substance.

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Variant - n

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Outside show or elegance.

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Veneer - n

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