Vocabulary Flashcards

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Semi circle recess and a building usually vaulted

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Apse

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Oppressively hot or moist or characterized by arousing passion (horny)

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Sultriness

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2
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Cotton striped jacket

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Seersucker

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3
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Officer in navy; lowest commissioned

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Ensign

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4
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To urge

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Exhorted

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5
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Peculiar

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Idiosyncratic

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6
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Spies

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Emissaries

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7
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Elation of mind or feeling

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Exaltation

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Something impressive or striking

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Spectacle

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9
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Position requiring little or no work

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sinecure

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10
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Small feisty quarrelsome person (Taylor)

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Bantam

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Projecting or pointing outwards; conspicuous or prominent

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Salient

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12
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The act of killing ones brother

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fratricide

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13
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And embarrassing mishap

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Contretemps

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14
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Uttered with emphasis

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emphatic

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15
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Mocking treatment of a solemn subject

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Burlesque

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16
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To recognize

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Discern

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17
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Uselessness

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Futility

18
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Hey stranger flows to a larger body of water

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Tributaries

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To cause any regular affect

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Misbegotten

20
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To make weak

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Enfeeble

21
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State of being hostile to another mutual hatred

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Enmity

22
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A religion that has many gods

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Paganism

23
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Radiance quality of being bright

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Effulgence

24
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To intrude on a person’s territory

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Encroach

25
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Characterized by thoughtful analysis of deep conflicts and occurrences calm attitude to difficult situations

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Philosophical

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Stripped of covering or assets

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Denuded

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Polite pleasant or friendly

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Cordial

28
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Phantom or ghost like

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Spectral

29
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To make drunk by liquor (Brandy)

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Inebriated

30
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Gymnastics exercise to achieve bodily fitness

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Calisthenics

31
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To move in and up and down manner/bounce

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Jonce

32
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Express harsh criticism especially in a funny way

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Mordant

33
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Trail of strength

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BOUTS

34
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Birdie

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Shuttlecock

35
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To move in a wavelike pattern

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Undulate

36
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Latin principles of organization and proper completion

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Haphazard

37
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To get to something undesirable

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Inured

38
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Adages or short statements of truth

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Aphorisms

39
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Disbanded

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Cacophony

40
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Presents but not developed or active

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latent

41
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luxurious

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Opulent

42
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State or society without government or law

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Anarchy

43
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Treacherous

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Insidious