Vocab: Chpt. 3 Flashcards by Tancy Wenrich

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(adj.) magical

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fey

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(adj.) daily, everyday

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quotidian

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(adj.) happy, cheery, or homosexual

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gay

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(adj.) inclined to spread throughout

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pervasive

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(v.) to drench, saturate

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douse

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(adj.) flexible, bendable

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pliable

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(n.) the creation of new words, or a new word

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neologism

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(adj.) worthy of praise

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commendable

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(adj.) abundant, lavish, prolific

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profuse

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(adj.) in great numbers

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abundant

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(adj.) bright; beaming

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radiant

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(adj.) fertile, fruitful

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fecund

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(v.) to delay, impede

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forestall

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(v.) to hunt or fish illegally

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poach

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(v.) to restrain, chain, tie

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fetter

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(adj.) symbolic

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figurative

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(adj.) many, of great numbers

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myriad

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(n.) a great number, an abundance

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plethora

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(adj.) sacred, holy

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sacrosanct

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(v.) to invent, make up, concoct

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fabricate

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(adj.) easy

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facile

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(adj.) silly, foolish

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fatuous

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(adj.) showing little enthusiasm, done as duty

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perfunctory

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(adj.) required, not optional

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mandatory

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(adj.) limp

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flaccid

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(adj.) astounded, stupefied

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flabbergasted

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(v.) to rummage, scavenger, graze for food

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forage

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(adj.) immoral, lewd

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licentious

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(adj.) vulgar, offensive, rude

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lewd

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(adj.) indecent, blasphemous

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profane

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(adj.) lucky, occurring by chance

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fortuitous

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(n.) the act of finding things not sought, luck

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serendipity

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(v.) to abolish, often by authority

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abrogate

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(adj.) frigid, cold

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algid

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(adj.) wintry, relating to winter

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brumal, hiemal

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(adj.) excessively poor

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impecunious

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(adj.) unlucky

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hapless

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(n.) an interruption in continuity, a break

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hiatus

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(adj.) sociable, outgoing

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gregarious

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(n.) someone who asks questions or makes an inquiry

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inquisitor

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(n.) a wicked act, a sin

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inquity

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(v.) to urge, provoke

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goad

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(adj.) marked by special intelligence

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ingenious

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(v.) to live, exist

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subsist

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(n.) infamy, known in bad regard

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notoriety

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(v.) to coax through flattery

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blandish

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(n.) compliments, sycophancy

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flattery

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(adh.) harmless

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innocuous

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(n.) a newborn baby

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neonate

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(adj.) without interruption

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incessant

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(v.) to tell a story

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narrate

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(v.) to scorn, ignore, show contempt for

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flout

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(n.) a schoolteacher

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pedadogue

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(v.) to hit or strike

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buffet