VOCAB LIST #1 Flashcards

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Extoll

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to praise highly

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Tout

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to publicly brag

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Quell

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to calm, pacify

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Brawn

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muscular strength

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Efface

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to erase; to rub out

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Hinder

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to slow or impede the progress of

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Hiatus

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a break or vacation

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Kindle

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to start a fire; ignite; arouse

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Copious

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abundant, plentiful

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Artisan

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a person who is skillful with his or her

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Enhance

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to intensify; improve

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Glutton

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someone who consumes too much food or drink

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Obscure

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dark; unknown; hard to understand

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Engender

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to create; to cause

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Delineate

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to describe accurately

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nefarious

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extreme wickedness

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querulous

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grumbling; grumpy

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Obliterate

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to destroy completely

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vernacular

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everyday speech; slang

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pugnaciouis

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eager to fight