Vocabulary 120-140 Flashcards

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Amalgam

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Mixture of different elements

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Commemorate

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To call to remembrance

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Keen

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Very interested or eager to do something

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Sanguine

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Hopeful or confident person

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Disparage

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to criticize someone or something in a way that shows you do not respect or value them

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Import (2m)

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To bring in from outside sources ( foreign countries trade)

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Diffuse

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The spread of something

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Uppermost

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The highest position or having the most importance

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Rites

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A ceremony or ritual of the passage

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Garland

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A wreath or festoon of flowers, leaves, or other material, worn for ornament or as an honor or hung on something as a decoration

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Vain

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Producing no result; useless

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Stereotype

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Any commonly known public belief about a certain social group or a type of individual

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Brevity

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Short duration of a speech

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Orthodox

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Following the rules

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Mirth

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Amusement; expressed laughter

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wit

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To make readers laugh

17
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Profound

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Already did it on one of the other vocabulary sets

18
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Obligated

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feeling that you owe someone something because you are grateful for what they have done for you

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apparition

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Ghost figure

20
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cosmopolitan

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The ideology that all human beings belong to a single community