Vocabulary Workshop Level F unit 5 – Flashcards
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extricate
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to free from entanglements of difficulties; to remove with effort
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soporific
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to cause sleep relating to sleepiness ; something that includes sleep
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vapid
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dull unisteresting tiresome lacking sharpness flavor livliness or force
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fractious
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tening to be troublesome; unruly, quarrelsome, contrary unpredictable
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flinch
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to steal escpecially in a sneaky way and in petty amounts
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axiomatic
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self evident expressing an accepted principle or rule
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transient
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lasting only a short time fleeting, one who stays only a short time
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salutary
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beneficial helpful; healthy wholesome
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equitable
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fair just embodying principles of justice
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flout
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to mock treat with contempt
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amnesty
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a pardon for an offense against a government; any act of forgiveness
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caveat
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a warning or caution to prevent misunderstanding or discourge behavior
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unwieldy
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not easily carried, handled, or managed because of size or complexity
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precept
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a rule of conduct or action
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staitlaced
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strict in reguard to moral standards and condust prudish and puritanical
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blazon
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to adorn or emblish; to display conspicuously; to publish or proclain widely
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autonomy
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self governing political control
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scourge
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to whip punish cuase suffering criticism
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scathing
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bitterly servere, withering; causing great harm
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sepulchral
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funereal, typical of the tomb; extremely gloomy or dismal
