week 7 thurs Flashcards by Hannah Yamamoto | Brainscape

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lachrymose

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causing tears and weeping

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start

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to move suddenly

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surly

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sullen and rude

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comport

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to behave oneself

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awry

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away from the correct course

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paean

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a song of joy, triumph, praise

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tribulation

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great misery and distress

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fetter

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to confine, restrain

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mordant

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bitingly sarcastic

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obdurate

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not easily moved to pity

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disaffected

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resentful and rebellious

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immune

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no subject to an obligation

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fraught

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full of a particular quality

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faux pas

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a social blunder

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beget

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to produce

father offspring

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fulsome

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disgusting bcc of excessiveness

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appellation

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a name or title

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loath

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unwilling

reluctant

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craven

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cowardly

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contravene

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to violate

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insouciant

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calm and untroubled

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indelible

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incapable of being removed

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eminent

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outstanding

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enclave

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a country surrounded by another area

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flout

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intentionally and obviously disobey

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lapse

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to decline from a previous level

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synergy

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the interaction of two+ things where the combined effect is greater than the parts individually

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consign

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to give to the care of another

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incisive

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penetrating in thought

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attenuate

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to make thin

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extol

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to praise highly and lavishly

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coerce

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to force by threat

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contemplate

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to think about carefully

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auspicious

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marked by favorable circumstances

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comply

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to yield to

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abide

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to tolerate

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repugnant

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causing disgust

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desolate

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lonely

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decadence

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a period of decline

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haunt

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to visit occasionally