Vocabulary 100-120 Flashcards

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Oblivion

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Unconscious to what is happening

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Laudatory

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Expressing praise and commendation

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apprehension

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To understand something

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Passionate

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To show or caused by strong feelings or a strong belief

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Facile

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Easily achieved; effortless

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Syntax

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How words and sentences are placed together

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Rhetoric

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using language effectively and persuasively in spoken or written form

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Solemn

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Someone that is very serious rather than being humorous or cheerful

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Grave

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Something that is serious or taken seriously

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Spurious

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Something that is false or fake

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Oblige

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make it necessary for someone to do something

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Macbeth

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The principal character in opposition to the protagonist or hero of a narrative or drama

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Yokels

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naïve or gullible inhabitant of a rural area or small town

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Commingle

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To mix or combine something

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Arpeggio

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Flowing style ( a chord in music that is rapidly played)

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obstreperous

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An aggressive or unruly noisiness

17
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Retrenchment

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Reduction; to cut something down or off (expenses)

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Armaments

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Weapons and supplies that the military uses

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Radical

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Relating to; the main part

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Intemperance

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Lack of moderation or due restraint