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Vocab List #5 Flashcards

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noun. a beginner or novice

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neophyte

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neophyte

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noun. a beginner or novice

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proletarian

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adjective: pertaining or belonging to the class of wage earners, especially those who earn their living’s by manual labor or who are dependent for support on daily or casual employment; the working-class

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adjective: pertaining or belonging to the class of wage earners, especially those who earn their living’s by manual labor or who are dependent for support on daily or casual employment; the working-class

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proletarian

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penury

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noun. extreme poverty; destitution. scarcity; dearth; inadequacy or insufficiency

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noun. extreme poverty; destitution. scarcity; dearth; inadequacy or insufficiency

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penury

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encumber

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verb: to impede or hinder, hamper, retard: to block up or fill with what is obstructive or superfluous. To burden her way down: to burden with obligations, debt, etc.

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verb: to impede or hinder, hamper, retard: to block up or fill with what is obstructive or superfluous. To burden her way down: to burden with obligations, debt, etc.

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encumber

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ready tape ______ all our attempts at action

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encumbers

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A mind _________ with trivial and useless information

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encumbered

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she was _______ with a suitcase and several packages

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encumbered

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onerous

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adj.
burdensome, oppressive, or troublesome; causing hardship: housing or involving obligations or responsibilities, especially legal ones, that outweigh the advantages.

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adj.
burdensome, oppressive, or troublesome; causing hardship: housing or involving obligations or responsibilities, especially legal ones, that outweigh the advantages.

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onerous

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surfeit

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noun. Excess: an excessive amount: access or overindulgence in eating or drinking

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noun. Excess: an excessive amount: access or overindulgence in eating or drinking

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surfeit

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perennial

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adjective. Lasting for indefinitely long time;
of plants: having a lifecycle lasting more than two years. Lasting or continuing throughout the entire year, as a stream. Perpetual; everlasting; continuing, recurrent, reoccurrence.

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adjective. Lasting for indefinitely long time;
of plants: having a lifecycle lasting more than two years. Lasting or continuing throughout the entire year, as a stream. Perpetual; everlasting; continuing, recurrent, reoccurrence.

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perennial

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idyllic

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adjective. Suitable for or suggestive of an idyll. charmingly simple rustic: of, pertaining to, or characterized of an idyll.

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adjective. Suitable for or suggestive of an idyll. charmingly simple rustic: of, pertaining to, or characterized of an idyll.

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idyllic

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niggardly

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adjective. Reluctant to give or spread; stingy; miserably. Meanly or ungenerously small or scanty meanly or ungenerously smaller scanty

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adjective. Reluctant to give or spread; stingy; miserably. Meanly or ungenerously small or scanty meanly or ungenerously smaller scanty

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niggardly

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Milieu

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n) Surroundings, especially of a social or cultural nature: a snobbish milieu. (Synonyms: background, sphere, setting.)

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n) Surroundings, especially of a social or cultural nature: a snobbish milieu. (Synonyms: background, sphere, setting.)

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milieu

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Sentient

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adj) Having the power of perception by the senses; conscious. Characterized by sensation and consciousness.

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adj) Having the power of perception by the senses; conscious. Characterized by sensation and consciousness.

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sentient

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Decorum

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(n.) That which is proper, suitable, seemly, befitting, becoming; fitness, propriety, congruity. Dignified propriety of behavior, dress, speech, etc. Orderliness

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(n.) That which is proper, suitable, seemly, befitting, becoming; fitness, propriety, congruity. Dignified propriety of behavior, dress, speech, etc. Orderliness

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decorum

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Prurient

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adj) Having, inclined to have, or characterized by lascivious or lustful thoughts, desires, etc. Causing lasciviousness or lust. Having a restless desire or longing.

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adj) Having, inclined to have, or characterized by lascivious or lustful thoughts, desires, etc. Causing lasciviousness or lust. Having a restless desire or longing.

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prurient

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Feckless

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adj) Ineffective; incompetent; futile: feckless attempts to repair the
plumbing. Having no sense of responsibility; indifferent; lazy.

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adj) Ineffective; incompetent; futile: feckless attempts to repair the
plumbing. Having no sense of responsibility; indifferent; lazy.

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feckless

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Bourgeoisie

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n) The class that, in contrast to the proletariat or wage- earning class, is primarily concerned with property values. The middle classes. In Marxist theory: the ruling class of the two basic classes of capitalist society, consisting of capitalists, manufacturers, bankers, and other employers. The bourgeoisie owns the most important of the means of production, through which it exploits the working class.

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n) The class that, in contrast to the proletariat or wage- earning class, is primarily concerned with property values. The middle classes. In Marxist theory: the ruling class of the two basic classes of capitalist society, consisting of capitalists, manufacturers, bankers, and other employers. The bourgeoisie owns the most important of the means of production, through which it exploits the working class.

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bourgeoisie

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Indigent

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adj) Lacking food, clothing, and other necessities of life because of poverty; needy; poor; impoverished.

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adj) Lacking food, clothing, and other necessities of life because of poverty; needy; poor; impoverished.

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indigent

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Infallible

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adjective. Incapable of making mistakes or being wrong

never failing always effective

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adjective. Incapable of making mistakes or being wrong

never failing always effective

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infallible

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chagrin

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noun - distress or embarrassment at having failed or being humiliated
verb - feel distressed or humiliated

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noun - distress or embarrassment at having failed or being humiliated
verb - feel distressed or humiliated

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chagrin

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craven

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adjective: contemptibly lacking encourage; cowardly
noun: A cowardly person

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adjective: contemptibly lacking encourage; cowardly
noun: A cowardly person

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craven

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cursory

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adjective: hasty and therefore not thorough or detailed

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adjective: hasty and therefore not thorough or detailed

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cursory

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