reading weeks 3&4 – Flashcards
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contemptuous
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showing or expressing disdain; scornful; disrespectful
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prerogative
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an exclusive right, privilege, etc., exercised by virtue of rank, office, or the like
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venerable
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commanding respect because of great age or impressive dignity; worthy of reverence
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erratically
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having no certain or definite course; wandering; eccentric; queer
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propensities
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a natural inclination or tendency
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rotogravure
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a photomechanical process by which pictures are printed from an intaglio copper cylinder
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succinct
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expressed in few words; concise; terse
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unmitigated
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not softened or lessened; not making something easier
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acquiescence
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to act or condition of acquiescing or giving tacit assent; agreement or consent by silence or without objection
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preoccupation
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the state of being preoccupied; engrossed in thought
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turanical
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cruel, harsh
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resilient
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springing back; rebounding
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myopic
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pertaining to or having inyopia; nearsighted; lacking tolerance, ignorant
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impudent
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putting everything out; not ashamed
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contraband
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anything prohibited by law from being imported or exported
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quelling
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to suppress; to put to end; extinguish
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congenital
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of or relating to a condition present at birth, whether inherited or caused by the environment especially the uterine environment
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temerity
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reckless boldness; rashness
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mollified
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to soften in feeling or temper, as a person; pacify; appease
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vehement
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zealous; ardent; impassioned; strongly emotionally
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demise
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death or decease
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spurious
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not genuine, authentic, or true; not from the claimed, pretended, or proper source; counterfeit
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brevity
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shortness of time or duration; briefness
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iota
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a very small quantity; whit
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volition
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the act of willing, choosing, or resolving; exercise of willing
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feral
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existing in a natural state as animals or plants; not domesticated or cultivated; wild
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sordid
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morally ignorable or base; vile
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adamant
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utterly unyielding in attitude or opinion in spite of all appeals, urging, etc.
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sibilant
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hissing sound
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duress
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compulsion by threat or force; coercion; constraint; imprisonment
