Walden 2 Flashcards

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Impertinent

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Rude, uncivil

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2
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sojourner

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temporarily staying somewhere

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3
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encumbrance

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burdensome, useless, dependant person

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4
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Pecuniary

A

of or pertaining to money

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5
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Incessant

A

continuing without interruption, unending

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6
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Esculent

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suitable for use as food, edible

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7
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Enervate

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to deprive of strength

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8
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Ennui

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feeling of discontent from lack, boredom

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9
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Impunity

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free or exempt from punishment

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10
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umbrageous

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providing shade, apt to take offense

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11
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courtier

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a person who is often is attendance of royalty, seeking flattery

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12
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Factious

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not spontaneous or natural, manufactured

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13
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Belles

A

literature for fine art or aesthetic function

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14
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elusive

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escaping or avoiding clear perception, difficult to recall

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15
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polestar

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something that serves as a guiding principle

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16
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aesthetics

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pleasing to the sneezes, branch of philosophy dealing with beautiful, ugly and how they deal with senses