Vocab List 4 Flashcards
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Ambivalence
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Uncertainty, hesitation, doubt, conflicting feelings
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Veracity
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The truthfulness or honesty of a person or statement
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Trepidation
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Fear or uneasiness about the future
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Deprivation
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A lack of the usual comforts and necessities of life, a hardship
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Benign
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Harmless, mild
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Alienation
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Separation due to hostility or suspicion, isolation
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Retraction
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The taking back of a statement, opinion, or promise
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Euphemism
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The substation of a mild word for one though to be harsh or offensive
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Expatriate
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Person who lives outside his or her own country
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Nouveau riche
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Somebody who had recently become rich who displays it flamboyantly
