Vocabulary Unit 6 Flashcards
1
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having an irritatingly strong and unpleasant taste or smell
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acrid
2
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extreme or irrational fear of heights
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acrophobia
3
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rough and bad-mannered; coarse
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boorish
4
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middle class
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bourgeois
5
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believing that people are motivated by self-interest; distrustful of human sincerity or integrity.
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cynical
6
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physical weakness, especially as a result of illness
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debility
7
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a letter
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epistle
8
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concerned with letters; through correspondence
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epistolary
9
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belief or opinion contrary to orthodox religious doctrine
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heresy
10
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a pause or gap in a sequence, series, or process
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hiatus
11
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spear, spike; javelin
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lance
12
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tired; slow
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languid
13
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difficult to understand; partially hidden
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obscure
14
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hidden; covered; buried
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obscured
15
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evoking a keep sense of sadness or regret
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poignant
