Week 5 Flashcards

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Investiture

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Investing in a person

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Invective

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A verbal assault

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Inveterate

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Confirmed

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Invidious

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Obnoxious

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Irascible

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Easily angered

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Itinerant

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Wandering

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Itinerary

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Plan or route

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Jingoism

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Warmongering

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Jubilee

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Celebration

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Juncture

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Meeting point

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Jurisprudence

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Philosophy of law

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Juxtaposition

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Next to

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Knoll

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Death bells

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Lachrymose

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Fearful

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Laconic

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Of few words

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Lampoon

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To mock

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Lapidary

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Precious

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Libertine

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Have no morals

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Licentious

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Immoral

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Liniment

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Medicine or bandages

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Lissome

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Agile

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Litigation

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Lawsuit

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Loquacious

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Talkative

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Luscious

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Tasty

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Machination

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Plan

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Malapropism

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Misused word

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Malinger

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To fake illness

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Manifold

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Diverse

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Martinet

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Disciplinarian

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Matriculate

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To enter college

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Mendacious

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Dishonest

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Meretricious

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Gaudy

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Militate

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Fight against

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Misanthrope

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One who hates humanity

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Missive

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A note

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Moot

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Purely academic

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Mores

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Morals

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Moratorium

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Delay

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Moribund

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Dying

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Mottled

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Spotted

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Munificent

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Generous

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Myopic

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Nearsighted

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Nadir

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Lowest point

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Neonate

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Newborn

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Nihilism

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Rejects principles

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Nostalgia

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Love of the past

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Novitiate

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Novice

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Nuance

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Shade of meaning

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Numismatic

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Related to coin collecting

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Natal

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Birth related