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Vocab Unit 1 Flashcards

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Mute

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Quiet

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Impenetrable

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Impossible to pass through or enter

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Vain

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Useless

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Assert

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State a fact or belief confidently and forcefully

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Oppressive

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Unjustly inflicting hardship and constraint

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Impending

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About to happen

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Incessant

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Continuing without pause or interruption

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Majestic

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Glorius

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Summit

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The top of a mountain

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Dreary

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Dull, Bleak, or lifeless

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Somber

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Gloomy

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Opulent

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Wealthy / Luxurious

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Ostentatious

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Characterized by vulgar or pretentious display; designed to impress

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Affluent

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Having a great deal of money; wealthy

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Picturesque

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Visually attractive

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Hamlet

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a small settlement

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Myriad

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a countless or extremely great number

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Barren

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Empty

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Inscrutable

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Impossible to understand or interpret

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Eclectic

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deriving ideas, style, or taste from a broad and diverse range of sources.

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Pensive

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engaged in, involving, or reflecting deep or serious thought.

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Aristocratic

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of, belonging to, or typical of the aristocracy.

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Loom

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an apparatus for making fabric

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Shrouded

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covered or enveloped so as to be concealed from view.

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Pungent

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Having a sharply strong taste or smell

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Formidable

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a

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Bemused

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a

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Countenance

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a

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Enigmatic

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a

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Mercurial

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Temperament

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Mood

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Aloof

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Credulous

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Prodigous

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Ironic

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Jovial

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Jocular

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Demeanor

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Manner

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Burnished

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Ornate

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Eccentric

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Conventional

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Immaculate

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Complement

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Intractable

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Luxuriant

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Meticulous

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Profusely

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Sumptuous

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Amiable

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Indecorous

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Disreputable

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Lull

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Unruffled

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Suppress

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Tolerance

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Propriety

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Emphasize

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Erratic

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Audible

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Magnanimous

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Aspiration

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Subsided

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Mournful

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Melancholy

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Flourish

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Modest

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Ebullient

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Teeming

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Admonishment

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Chided

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Persistent

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Determined

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Impetuously

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Sole

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Only one

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Impudent

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Satirical

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Orator

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Affirmation

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