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Vocab List 2-TSL Flashcards

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Antipathy

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Noun, a strong dislike or aversion

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Depredation

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Noun,to plunder (to take by force)

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Estrange

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Verb, to alienate or be removed from traditional customs

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Machinations

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Noun, the act scheming or craftily planning

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Odious

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Adjective, deserving of hatred or repugnance

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Propensity

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Noun, natural preference

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Sedulous

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Adjective, careful perseverance, diligence in pursuit

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Colloquy

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Noun, Dialogue, conference

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Dissolute

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Adjective, lacking restraint, especially regarding an indulgence in something

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Imbibe

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Verb, to take in and retain (or drink)

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Nugatory

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Adjective, to have little to no consequence

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Plebian

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Noun, common people

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Propinquity

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Noun, kinship /proximity

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Subjugate

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Verb, to conquer, to bring under control

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Deleterious

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Adjective, to harm in an unexpected or subtle way

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Duplicity

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Noun, Contradictory doubling of thoughts, speech, or action or giving false impression of true intentions by deceptive words/action

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Imperious

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Adjective, arrogant assurance, domineering, commanding, urgent

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Obeisance

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Noun, acknowledgement of someone else’s superiority, movement of the body in submission

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Potentate

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Noun, ruler, to wield great power

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Repugnance

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Noun, the fact or insistence of being contradictory/great dislike

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Vicissitude

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Noun, the state of being changeable/natural change or mutation/favorable or unfavorable event that occurs by chance/a difficulty of life or course of action beyond one’s reach/alternating change, succession

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Denizen

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Noun, inhabitant

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Effluence

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Noun, to flow out

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Lurid

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Adjective, horror, revulsion, gruesome

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Obviate

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Verb, to anticipate and prevent

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Preternatural

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Adjective, to exist outside of nature

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Retribution

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Noun, recompensation, reward

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