Vocabulary 20-40 Flashcards

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1
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Moderation

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Avoiding excess or extremes

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Sentiments

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Emotion of attitude or attitude

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3
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Preferment

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Promotion of dignity

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4
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Ridicule

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Making fun of someone

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5
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Venerable

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Commanding respect, from great age

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6
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Dispositions

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A person’s mood or attitude about life

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7
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Parliamentary

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Relating to the parliament, to make laws

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8
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Exertions

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Physical action, putting in effort

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9
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Vex

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Irritate, provoke, annoy

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10
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Obtruding

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To block or close up an obstacle

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11
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Solitude

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Being alone, emphasized feeling alone

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12
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Alliance

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An agreement between two groups

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13
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Casuistry

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Revolving a specific duty

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14
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Logos

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The logic a writer uses in his writing

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15
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Claim

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A way to present your personal opinion or state the writers main ideas

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16
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Enthrallment

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A claim

17
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Shame

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It is a disappointment or not satisfactory

18
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Wry

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Finding a bad or difficult situation, slightly funny

19
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Asyndeton

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Device to eliminate conjunctions, between phrases and sentences

20
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Protrude

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To stick out from or through something