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Vocab List 1 - The Awakening Flashcards

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magazines, little by little, showed pictures of naked men, the movies became less_______

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prudish

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Prudish

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Adjective

excessively demure or modest, especially with regards to sexual matters.

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helps_____ people become less uncomfortable

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prudish

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Chastity

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Noun
purity from unlawful sexual intercourse. Exclusion of excess or extravagance; moderation, modesty, restraint

formal or rigid

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the nuns practiced _____, so none of them had descendants

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chastity

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congenial

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adjective
agreeable, suitable, or pleasing in nature or character

compatible

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as the evening continued and the wine took hold, conversation relaxed to a more______ level

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congenial

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prostrate

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verb
to cast oneself facedown on the ground in humility, submission, or a duration; to lay flat, on the ground; to reduce to physical weakness or exhaustion

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after the latest case of political corruption, the governor staff quickly rounded up state Senate Republicans, assembly Democrats and watchdog groups to ________ themselves and proclaim the dawn of a clean era in the capital

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prostrate

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Remonstrate

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verb
argue or criticize 
complain 
to say or plead in protest , objection, or disproval 
to show
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whenever I refuse my young daughter anything, she likes to ____ by stomping her feet on the floor

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remonstrate

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Vouchsafe

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verb

to grant or give or allow by favor, graciousness, or condescension

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diminutive

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adjective

small, little, tiny.

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the _____ weight of the small package

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diminutive

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desultory

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adjective
disconnected
random
digressing from the main subject

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_____ efforts were made to establish a civil government, but in the main there was nothing formed.

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desultory

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immutable

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adjective

unmovable, unchangeable

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impetuous

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adjective
characterized by rash action or sudden action
moving with great force
violence

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adjective
characterized by rash action or sudden action
moving with great force
violence

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adjective

unmovable, unchangeable

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adjective
disconnected
random
digressing from the main subject

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adjective

small, little, tiny.

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diminutive

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verb

to grant or give or allow by favor, graciousness, or condescension

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verb
argue or criticize 
complain 
to say or plead in protest , objection, or disproval 
to show
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remonstrate

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verb
to cast oneself facedown on the ground in humility, submission, or a duration; to lay flat, on the ground; to reduce to physical weakness or exhaustion

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adjective
agreeable, suitable, or pleasing in nature or character

compatible

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Adjective

excessively demure or modest, especially with regards to sexual matters.

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Noun
purity from unlawful sexual intercourse. Exclusion of excess or extravagance; moderation, modesty, restraint

formal or rigid

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imperious

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adjective

overbearing, dictatorial, urgent, imperative

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adjective

overbearing, dictatorial, urgent, imperative

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homely

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adjective
unattractive
not beautiful; plain; proper or suited to the home/domestic life

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adjective
unattractive
not beautiful; plain; proper or suited to the home/domestic life

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contrary to her beautiful appearance in photographs, in person she is rather______

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flippant

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adjective
frivolously disrespectful, shallow, or lacking in seriousness
characterized by levity

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adjective
frivolously disrespectful, shallow, or lacking in seriousness
characterized by levity

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her ____ remark lacked due respect

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piquant

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adjective

agreeably pungent or sharp in taste or flavor, pleasantly bittering or tart; lively

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adjective

agreeably pungent or sharp in taste or flavor, pleasantly bittering or tart; lively

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her _____ comments were startling but enjoyable

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deprecatory

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adjective

expressing disproval or protest, or deprecation; apologetic

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adjective

expressing disproval or protest, or deprecation; apologetic

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deprecatory

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insidious

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adjective

proceeding in a gradual, subtle way, but with harmful effects

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impervious

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adjective

not allowing fluid to pass through

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capricious

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adjective given to sudden an unaccountable changes or mood or behavior

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uncanny

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Adjective

strange or mysterious, especially in an unsettling way

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supercilious

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adjective
behaving or looking as though one thinks one is superior to others
arrogant

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