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Vocab unit 8 Flashcards

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turned away in mind or feeling; opposed to

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averse

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showing caution; watchful on all sides; attentive to everything that may affect action or decision

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circumspect

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the elements or parts of; composed

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constituent

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deserving blame

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culpable

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deprived of the barest necessities of life; living in absolute poverty

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destitute

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to reveal; to show plainly; to prove

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manifest

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observable without being concealed

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overt

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to make impossible by previous action; prevent

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preclude

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one who withdraws from the world to live in seclusion; withdrawn from the world

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recluse

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in the mentioned order

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respectively

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a looking back on the past; a review of something in the past

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retrospec

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a belief, doctrine, or principle held as true

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tenet

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averse

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turned away in mind or feeling; opposed to

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circumspect

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showing caution; watchful on all sides; attentive to everything that may affect action or decision

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constituent

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the elements or parts of; composed

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16
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culpable

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deserving blame

17
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destitute

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deprived of the barest necessities of life; living in absolute poverty

18
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manifest

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to reveal; to show plainly; to prove

19
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overt

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observable without being concealed

20
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preclude

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to make impossible by previous action; prevent

21
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recluse

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one who withdraws from the world to live in seclusion

22
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recluse

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withdrawn from the world

23
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respectively

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in the mentioned order

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retrospec

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a looking back on the past; a review of something in the past

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tenet

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a belief, doctrine, or principle held as true

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