Vocab- Final Flashcards
1
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a protest
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Remonstrance
2
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distinct, clearly or sharply defined
A
Trenchant
3
Q
A fit or fever or shivering or shaking chills, accompanied by pains in the bones or joints
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Ague
4
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a cloth, often made of or trimmed of lace, worn about the neck by men, especially in the 17th century
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Cravat
5
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to feel or express sorrow or sympathy for; empathize with; pity
A
Commiserating
6
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a sermon
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Homily
7
Q
a machine for smoothing or pressing clothes
A
Mangle
8
Q
lacking interest or imaginativeness
A
Arid
9
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a cleansing with water
A
Ablutions
10
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knowledge acquired by study, research, etc.
A
Erudition
11
Q
to waste time or dawdle
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Loiter
12
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to eat greedily or ravenously
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Gormandizing
13
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meditation, pondering
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Rumination
14
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restraint in speaking
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Reticence
15
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frustration of hopes or plans
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Discomfiture
