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Vocabulary 31-40 Flashcards

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Wallowing

A

Heavily indulging in; rolling in

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Auspicious

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Presenting favorable circumstances; lucky

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3
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Contentious

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Tending to fight; quarrelsome

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Dispensation

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Exemption from a rule or usual requirement

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Fractious

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Inclined to make trouble; unruly

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Tyranny

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A government in which a single person assumes absolute control

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Aloof

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Emotionally distant; unfeeling

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Cherub

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A sweet baby angel

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Ensuing

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Following immediately afterward

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Morbid

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Gruesome; gloomy, or dark; related to death

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