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Vocabulary 7 Flashcards

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Centenary

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the 100th anniversary of a significant event.

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Pell-mell

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in mingled confusion or disorder

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Acquisitive

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strongly desiring possession of something

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Gross National Product (GNP)

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the total monetary value of all goods and service produced in a year

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Wanton

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Showing no thought or care for the rights, feelings, or safety of others.

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Magnate

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A person of power in a specified area

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Rebates

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Secret, privately negotiated reductions below published rates

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Philanthropy

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giving money and time to help make life better for other people.

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Tempered

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made less intense or violent

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Wily

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skillful, clever, cunning

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Defunct

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No longer existing or functioning

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Waxed

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To increase in size, numbers, strength, prosperity, or intensity

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Docile

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easily taught, led, or managed; submissive

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Quell

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to end or stop something by using force

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Mandates

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An official order to do something

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Monied

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Having much money

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Wards

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A person or people under the protection of the government.

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Mores

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the customs, values, and behaviors that are accepted by a group.

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Lascivious

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Describes feeling or showing a sexual desire

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Chattel

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something that a person owns other than land or buildings.

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Espoused

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to express support for a cause

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Degeneracy

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having low moral standards; not honest or good

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Prodigious

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impressively great in size

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Destitution

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extremely poor; state of lacking something needed

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Pluralistic

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a state of society where members of diverse groups maintain their cultureand beliefs within the confines of a common civilization

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Pernicious

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causing great harm or damage that is not easily seen or noticed.

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Prototype

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An original or first model of something from which others are copied.

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Reciprocity

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when two people or groups decide to do something similar for each other.

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Appropriations

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money set aside by formal action for a specific use.

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Meted

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to distribute by measure

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Transients

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a person traveling in search of work

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Buffeted

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something that strikes with force

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Contracted

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to reduce or lessen the supply

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Affable

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being pleasant and at ease when talking; friendly

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Charlatan

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a person who falsely pretends to know or be something to deceive people.

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