Vocabulary 9 Flashcards

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Natural inclination or predilection toward

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Propensity

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Incapable of being understood

Impossible to see through physically

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Inscrutable

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Peevish, complaining, fretful

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Querulous

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To argue or plead with someone against something, protest against, object to

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Remonstrate

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Coarsely abusive, vulgar or low, foul mouthed.

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Scurrilous

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To disown, reject, or deny the validly of

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Repudiate

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Tending to be troublesome;
Unruly, quarrelsome, contrary;
Unpredictable

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Fractious

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A general pardon for an offense against a government;

Any act of forgiveness or absolution

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Amnesty

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Self-evident, expressing a universally accepted principle or rule.

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Axiomatic

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A warning or caution to prevent misunderstanding or discourage behavior

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Caveat

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To steal, especially in a sneaky way and in petty amounts.

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Filch

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To free from entanglements or difficulties;

To remove with effort

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Extricate

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To mock or treat with contempt

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Flout

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