Week 21 Flashcards

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Scion

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Child, descendant

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Indoctrinate

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To teach certain principles

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Opulence

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Wealth, riches

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Obsequious

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Seeking favour, fawning, obedient, attentive

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Fulsome

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Excessive, insincere

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Lush

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Luxurious, elaborate

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Destitution

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Extreme poverty

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Ponder

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To consider carefully

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Supplication

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Earnest prayer

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Decadence

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Decay

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Penance

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Atonement of sin

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12
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Ascetic

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One who practises self-denial and devotion

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13
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Desultory

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Occurring by chance, disconnected

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Disciple

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Follower

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Metamorphosis

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Change

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Bona fide

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Genuine

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Salvation

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Deliverance from ruin

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Materialism

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Attention to worldly things and neglect of spiritual needs

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Nurture

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To nourish, support

20
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Nirvana

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Freedom from care and pain, Buddhist heaven