word list 8 – Flashcards
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diffident
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shy, bashful, timid, modest, coid, humble
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dissipation
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breaking up, scattering, diffusion, dispersion
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epicure
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a person, a conoseour, a gourmet (gourmand is gluttant; too excessive)
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exhortation
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an encouragement, a toast
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eugenics
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scientific study of attempting to produce the best quality offspring
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fecund
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fertile, producing offspring in abundance
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fractious
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irritable, peevish, unruly, crosp, inclined to make trouble
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hierarchy
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arrangement in order of rank
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incisive
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impressively direct and decisive, cutting, clear cut, trenchent, acute
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imbibe
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drink, absorb, assimilate
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impute
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to charge, lay the responsibility or blame for, to attribute, to ascribe
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impecunious
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poor, habitually without money
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importunate
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troublesomely urgent, demanding, over pressing in request
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leghorn
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breed of chicken
popular style of clothing in the 1800s "leghorn sleeves"
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mollify
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allay, appease, calm, mitigate, aswage
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mosque
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muslim place of worship
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meticulous
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excessively careful of small details
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obduracy
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stubborness, quality of being hard, hard to persuade.
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preeminence
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most respectful, held in high regard, superior, being distinguished above others, superiority
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prodigal
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wasteful or recklessly extravagant, squandering, priponderance
