Vocabulary 7 Flashcards
1
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Customary cultural standards; moral attitudes, manners habits
A
Mores
2
Q
A sworn written statement
A
Affidavit
3
Q
Hard to understand
A
Abstruse
4
Q
The sensation of dizziness
A
Vertigo
5
Q
Depressing, discouraging, harsh, cold, barren, raw
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Bleak
6
Q
A leader who obtains power by appealing to the emotions and prejudices of the people.
A
Demagogue
7
Q
About; at an estimated historical time eriod.
A
Circa
8
Q
To soothe; to make less severe; to satisfy, ease, lessen
A
Assuage
9
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To criticize harshly, usually with the intention of correcting wrongdoing.
A
Castigate
10
Q
Violent, unbound, unrestrained
A
Unbridled
11
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Occurring by accident or chance
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Fortuitous
12
Q
Even though; although; notwithstanding
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Albeit
13
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Denoting a thing or person previously metioned
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Aforementioned
14
Q
To delight, to thrill or give pleasure
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Enrapture
