Vocab Lesson 5 Flashcards

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Temperance

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Opposite of gluttony, moderation, self-restrain

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Glutt

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Someone who eats or drinks excessively

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Perceive

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To become aware through thought and senses

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Precept

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A rule to live by

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Memoir

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A personal story written out for people to read and reflect on

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Decadent

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So good but bad for you

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Lipogram

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A written work composed of words selected so as to avoid the use of one or more letters of the alphabet

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Cursory

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Done with haste and little attention to detail

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Soliciting

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Asking for money

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Aptitude

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A natural talent or ability; quickness in learning.

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Inept

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Without skill

Inappropriate or out of place; foolish or absurd.

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Adjunct

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And added part not is central to the whole.

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Conjugate

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To give forms of verbs in a fixed order.

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Injunction

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And authoritative command or order

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Juncture

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A serious state of affairs

The condition or point of being joined

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Subjugate

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To conquer; to dominate completely

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Astringent

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Harsh; severe

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Strait

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A narrow passage of water connecting two large bodies of water
A difficulty or bad position

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Stringent

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Severe; constricted; tight

Pertaining to scarcity of money