Vocabulary Chapter-12 Flashcards
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Aesthetic
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Pertaining to beauty
2
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Defunct
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Dead
3
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Discomfit
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To frstrate, thwart, defeat
4
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Espouse
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To take up and support
5
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Fetish
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An object of unreasoning devotion or reverence
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Gregarious
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Seeking the company of others
7
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Hapless
A
Bad luck
8
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Impeccable
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Beyond criticism or blame
9
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Importune
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To be for insistently
10
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Interpolate
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To insert between other parts of things
11
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Irreparable
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Unrepairable
12
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Laconic
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Using few words
13
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Languish
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To suffer neglect
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Mendacious
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Given to lying or deception
15
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Nadir
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The lowest point
16
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Omnipresent
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Present in all places at all times
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Perfunctory
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Without interest or enthusiasm
18
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Plaintive
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Expressive of sorrow or woe
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Requite
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To make suitable repayment
20
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Tantamount
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Having the same meaning
