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Vocab August 27 Flashcards

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1
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Austere

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Plain

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Pious

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Virtuous

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Squalid

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Dirty

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Enigmatic

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Puzzling

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Truculent

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Fierce, eager or quick to argue or fight; aggressively defiant.

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Aver

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(v) state or assert to be the case

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Mendicant

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Given to begging

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8
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Fractious

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Irritable or quarrelsome

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9
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Minatory

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Threatening

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Cull

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Select from a large quantity; obtain from a variety of sources

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Countenance

Reluctant to countenance crime during BMI

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Permit or tolerate, admit as acceptable or possible, a person’s face or facial expression

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Eschew

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Avoid or abstain from

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13
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Coeval

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Similar in duration

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14
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Primeval

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Belonging to first age of world

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Anachronistic

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Old fashioned, belonging to older period, belonging to period other than being portrayed

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Ossified

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Hardened to the bone

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17
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Verdant

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Green with plant life

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Aggrandize

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Increase in size

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Essay

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Attempt or try

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20
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Consecrate

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Make sacred

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Bestow

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Grant or give

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Avocation

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Done for pleasure or hobby

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Sinecures

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Position that requires no work

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Archetype

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Model from which other things are copied; a very typical example of a certain person or thing

25
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Paens

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Song of joy

26
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Billets

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Jobs or positions

27
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Abstruse

Difficult to say this word, also difficult to…

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Difficult to understand

28
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Unctuous

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Excessively flattering, oily

29
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Consonance

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Agreement, harmony

30
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Solicitude

Tyler’s solicitude for Aunt Susan went unappreciated

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Care for well being of others

31
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Enervation

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Weakening of strength, vitality, or energy

32
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Equanimity

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Composure, calm, and even temperature

33
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Espousal

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Adoption or advocacy

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Idolatry

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Blind or excessive devotion

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Opportunism

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Conscious policy and practice of taking selfish advantage of circumstances, with little regard to principles

36
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Hackneyed

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Stale or overused

37
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Cogent

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Convincing

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Specious

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Argument that lacks merit

39
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Untenable

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Incapable of being defended

40
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Germane

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Relevant

41
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Harangue

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Deliver a pompous speech; lecture (someone) at length in an aggressive and critical manner.

42
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Chicanery

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Trickery or subterfuge

43
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Impudent (isa)

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Saucy, impertinent, bold, & disrepectful

44
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Obsequious

Obsequiously serve Orlando

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Exhibiting fawning attentiveness

45
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Irascible

Irascible old man

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Easily angered

46
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Bombast

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Self important or pompous writing or speech

47
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Obdurate

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Stubbornly refusing to change one’s opinion or course of action

48
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Deride

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Express contempt for; ridicule

49
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Castigation

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To subject to severe punishment, reproof, or criticism

50
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Diatribe

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A forceful and bitter verbal attack against someone or something

51
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Furtive

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Attempting to avoid notice or attention, typically because of guilt or a belief that discovery would lead to trouble; secretive.

52
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Surreptitious

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Kept secret, especially because it would not be approved of.

53
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Derision

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Contemptuous ridicule or mockery.

54
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Recalcitrant

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Having an obstinately uncooperative attitude toward authority or discipline.

55
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Craven

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Contemptibly lacking in courage; cowardly

56
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Satiated

Satiate your hunger

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Satisfied

57
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Overt

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Done or shown openly; plainly or readily apparent, not secret or hidden

58
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Covert

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Not openly acknowledged or displayed

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