week 7 mon Flashcards by Hannah Yamamoto | Brainscape

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allege

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to assert to be true

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contiguous

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sharing a common boundary

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contiguous

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sharing a common boundary

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allege

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to assert to be true

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tax

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to make difficult

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schema

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an outline, model

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negligible

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of little value or importance

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lackadaisical

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showing lack of interest of spirit

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abyss

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bottomless chasm

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transfix

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to pierce

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virulent

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extremely infectious

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stalwart

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firm and resolute

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redoubtable

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fearsome

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senescent

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aging

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purloin

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to steal

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adjunct

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something attached to another

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rampant

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unrestrained

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municipal

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related to the local government

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sylvan

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characteristics of the forest

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connive

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to cooperate secretly in wrongful action

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ensconce

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to settle securely

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credulous

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tending to believe too easily

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brood

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to be deep in thought

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codify

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to organize something

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penury

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lack of necessities

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manifesto

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a public declaration

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indolent

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lazy

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dilettante

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one who engages an art with only superficial skill

an amateur

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exposition

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a statement intended to give background information

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disinterested

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free from bias

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furtive

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secretive behavior

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petulant

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impatient or irritable

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surfeit

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an excess

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ascetic

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self-denying

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calumny

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a false and malicious statement

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orthodox

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the usual beliefs

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dregs

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the worst part

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intercept

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to stop something from reaching its FINAL DESTINATION

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epiphany

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a sudden understanding

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fray

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a fight, brawl

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cynical

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distrusting others from a sense that everybody else is selfish

skeptical

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edifice

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a building

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profess

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to declare openly

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correlate

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to correspond

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abstruse

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difficult to understand

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dissonant

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harsh sounding

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hubris

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excessive pride

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philanthropic

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donating to charity

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disdain

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a feeling of contempt

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rankle

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to cause persistent irritation

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aegis

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a protection

sponsorship

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progeny

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children, descendants

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novel

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strikingly new

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plastic

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capable of being shaped

easily influenced

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scathing

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very harsh

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rout

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an overwhelming defeat

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malign

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to talk badly of something