vocab mp 1 Flashcards

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Beguile

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to charm

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depredation

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A raid or robbery

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Deprivation

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A lack of necessary items

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emigrate

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to leave one’s home country

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5
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esoteric

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understood only by a select group

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grandiose

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pretending to be important

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ignoble

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dishonorable, of low character or morals

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importune

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to annoy with repeated requests

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indigent

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impoverished

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interim

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temporary, not final

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mitigate

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to make less severe

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mores

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customs of behavior or morals of a group of people

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pacific

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peaceful, calm

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14
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patronize

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to treat as inferior

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pecuniary

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having to do with money

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provincial

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unsophisticated, local and ordinary

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unabashed

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not embarrassed, composed

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unequivocal

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perfectly clear, obvious

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vacillate

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to swing indecisively between opinions or actions

20
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Aggrandize

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to make greater or exaggerate