Week 5 Vocab Flashcards

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Auspicious

A

(adj) showing or suggesting that future success is likely

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2
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Fealty

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(n) intense loyalty to a lord

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3
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Happenstance

A

(n) coincidence

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4
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Loath

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(adj) reluctant; unwilling

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5
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Obsequious

A

(adj) obedient to an excessive degree

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6
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Opprobrium

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(n) harsh criticism

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7
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Prodigal

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(adj) spending money or resources freely and recklessly

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8
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Retinue

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(n) a group of advisers, assistants, or others accompanying an important person

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9
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Sacrosanct

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(adj) regarded as too important to be interfered with

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10
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Vitiate

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(v) to make faulty or defective

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