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Vocab lessons 8-11 Flashcards

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conformity to accept standards of conduct; proper behavior

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Decorum

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To lessen in violence or intensity

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Abate

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To detest; to hate strongly

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Abhor

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To distribute; to give out sparingly

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Dole

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The whole range or extent

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Gamut

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One who is outgoing; one who is energized rather than drained by interactions with others

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Extrovert

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Amusing in an odd or whimsical way

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Droll

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Intentional deceit in speech or conduct

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Duplicity

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A crude dummy or image representing a hated person or group

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Effigy

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Stern;severe;plain

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Austere

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To strive to be equal to; to imitate

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Emulate

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Sere

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Dry and withered

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To increase the value or beauty of something

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Enhance

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Feeling regret for having committed some wrongdoing

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Contrite

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Noble; generous and forgiving; free from Petty feelings or ask

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magnanimous

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To state clearly and distinctly; to pronounce

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Enunciate

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To work with another toward a goal

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Collaborate

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To confine; to retain in legal custody

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Impound

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Faultless; without sin or blemish

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Impeccable

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To summon forth

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Evoke

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Without sense or meaning; silly

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Inane

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Exaggeratedly or insincerely polite

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Unctuous

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Someone who chooses to live outside of, or renounce, his or her native country

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Expatriate

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Unkempt

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Frowzy

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Hatefully or shockingly evil

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Heinous

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To explain in detail, to clarify

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Expound

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To persuade with false promises and flattery

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Cajole

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Not easily understood; hard to fathom

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Inscrutable

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To refuse stubbornly or abruptly; to stop short and refuse to go on

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Balk

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Ill natured bitter hostility

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Acrimony

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Stern and ill humored

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Dour

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To rejoice; to feel triumphant

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Exult

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Having unlimited knowledge; all-knowing

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omniscient

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Reasonable; capable of being carried out

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Feasible

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a complete ridiculous failure

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Fiasco

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The work one is especially suited for; one specialty; an occupation

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Métier

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To rise and fall; to vary irregularly

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Fluctuate

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To annoy or harass

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Harry

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Disguised ;pretending not to be oneself

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Incognito

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Lack of energy; sluggishness

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Lethargy

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A letter or literary composition in letter form

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Epistle

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Enthusiastic; extremely interested

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Avid

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An irritating and persistent person

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Gadfly

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Absence of vanity; humbleness

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Humility

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exhibiting sorrow or pain

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Dolorous

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Of huge or extraordinary size and power

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Gargantuan

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Difficult; requiring much effort

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Arduous

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Friendly; agreeable; easy to talk to

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Affable

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Pompous or high flown in speech

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Grandiloquent

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concerning farms farmers or the use of land

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Agrarian

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A facial expression of fear disapproval or pain

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grimace

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a long strongly expressed speech or lecture

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Harangue

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Arousing fear or awe

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Formidable

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A flatterer; one who funds on others in order to gain favor

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Sycophant

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Clearly and openly stated; leaving nothing to the imagination

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Explicit

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