vocab mp 1 Flashcards
1
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Beguile
A
to charm
2
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depredation
A
A raid or robbery
3
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Deprivation
A
A lack of necessary items
4
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emigrate
A
to leave one’s home country
5
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esoteric
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understood only by a select group
6
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grandiose
A
pretending to be important
7
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ignoble
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dishonorable, of low character or morals
8
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importune
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to annoy with repeated requests
9
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indigent
A
impoverished
10
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interim
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temporary, not final
11
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mitigate
A
to make less severe
12
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mores
A
customs of behavior or morals of a group of people
13
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pacific
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peaceful, calm
14
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patronize
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to treat as inferior
15
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pecuniary
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having to do with money
16
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provincial
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unsophisticated, local and ordinary
17
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unabashed
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not embarrassed, composed
18
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unequivocal
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perfectly clear, obvious
19
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vacillate
A
to swing indecisively between opinions or actions
20
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Aggrandize
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to make greater or exaggerate
