vocab_chap15_deck_782011

Question 2

Adament

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(adj) - firm in purpose or opinion

Question 3

Brouhaha

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(n) a confused hodgepodge of sounds, uproar or commotion

Question 4

Bulwark

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(n) a strong defense or protection

Question 5

Choleric

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(adj) easily mad angered or bad tempered

Question 6

Cloy

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(v) to spoil or destroy an appetite by too much indulgence

Question 7

Curtail

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to cut short, to bring to halt or end sonner thna expected

Question 8

Deference

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(n) courteous yeilding to the wishes & ideas of anoher person

Question 9

Definitive

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(adj) conclusive, final the limit of what can be done

Question 10

Demeanor

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(n) the way a person behaves

Question 11

enigmatic

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(adj) puzzling, plerplexing, not easily understood

Question 12

impromptu

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(adj, adv) without preperation,

Question 13

mawkish

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(adj) excessively & objectionably sentimental, a mildly sickening flavor

Question 14

molify

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(v) to soften, to calm

Question 15

onus

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(n) something heavy or burdensome, stigma

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profligate

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(adj) given over to dissipation & self indulgence, recklessly extragavent

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presentiment

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(n) a vagues sense of approaching misfortune

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remit

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(v) to send or hand in as in money

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requisite

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(adj) needed, necessary regarded as essential

Question 20

sartorial

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(adj) of or pertaining to a tailor or his work

Question 21

thwart

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(v) to oppose successfully, to prevent