Week 5&6 Flashcards

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Refulgent

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(adj) radiant; shining

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Propitious

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(adj) favorably inclined or disposed

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Pensive

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(adj) thinking deeply or seriously

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Insidious

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(adj) deceitful; treacherous

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Vigilant

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(adj) alert to danger

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Infallibility

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(n) inability to be wrong; reliability

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Despotism

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(n) absolute rule; tyranny

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Unanimity

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(n) in complete agreement

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Posterity

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(n) all succeeding generations

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Manifest

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(adj) evident; obvious; clear

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Extricate

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(v) set free

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Asylum

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(n) place of refuge

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Inert

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(adj) motionless

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Extort

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(v) to obtain by three or violence

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Ostentation

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(n) boastful display

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Parsimony

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(n) stinginess

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Bivouac

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(n) temporary encampment

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Sublime

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(adj) noble; inspiring

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Efface

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(v) erase; wipeout

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Jocularity

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(n) joking good humor