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vocab final Flashcards

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clime

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(n) climate

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jocund

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(a) high spirits and liveliness

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sinew

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(n) tendon

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complaisance

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(n) to please or comply

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vale

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(n) valley

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symmetry

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(n) balanced proportions

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countenance

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(n) expression or look

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fastidious

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(a) very careful or detailed

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deign

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(n) to not do something that one considers to be beneath one’s dignity

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impropriety

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(n) the quality or state of being improper

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pedantic

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(a) unimaginative or dull

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affront

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(n) a great insult

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caprice

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(n) a sudden change or impulsive action

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mien

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(n) a person’s look, manner or demeanor

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felicity

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(n) the quality or state of being happy or great happiness

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vex

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(v) to irritate or annoy

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rapacity

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(n) aggresive greed

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supercilious

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(a) behaving or looking as though superior to others

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assiduous

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(a) showing great care, attention and effort

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indolent

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(a) laziness

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pecuniary

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(a) something relating to or involving money

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effusive

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(a) marked by the expression of great or excessive emotion or enthusiasm

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alacrity

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(n) cheerful readiness

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approbation

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(n) approval or praise

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licentious

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(a) lacking legal or moral restraints

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chagrin

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(n) distress or embarrassment at having been humiliated

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petulant

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(a) rude in speech or behavior

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repine

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(v) to express discontent

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duplicity

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(n) deceitfulness

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acrimony

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(n) a bitterness or ill feeling

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imprudent

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(a) not showing care for the consequences of an action

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profligate

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(a) reckless, extravagent or wasteful

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ductility

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(a) flexible

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milliner

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(n) a hat maker

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impertinent

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(a) not showing respect or being rude

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impute

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(v) to lay the responsibility or blame

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officious

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(a) volunteering one’s services where they are neither asked nor needed

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solicitude

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(n) care or concern for someone or something

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vicissitude

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(a) a change of circumstances or fortune

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epistolary

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(a) literary work in the form of letters

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dilatory

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(a) slow to act

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connubial

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(a) relating to marriage

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sanguine

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(a) optimistic or positive

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sagacity

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(a) showing good judgement

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