week 2 Flashcards

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Pariah

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(n) a social outcast

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2
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Flout

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(v) to show open contempt, to scorn; to insult

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3
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Peon

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(n) an unskilled laborer from South America

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4
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Countenance

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(n) expression on a person’s face; the face and facial features

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5
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Guileless

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(adj) without slyness or cunning; frank

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6
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Prodigious

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(adj) enormous, huge, gigantic

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7
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Taciturn

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(adj) preferring not to talk; silent; uncommunicative

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8
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Infirmity

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(n) illness; physical defect

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9
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Zenith

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(n) the highest point

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10
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Cosmic

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(adj) relative to the universe; vast

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