30-1 Vocab 3/3

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Pallor

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unusual or extreme paleness, as from fear, ill health, or death; wanness.

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Pastoral

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pertaining to the country or to life in the country; rural; rustic.

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Pedant

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a person who overemphasizes rules or minor details.

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Petulance

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the state or quality of being petulant.

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Piety

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reverence for God or devout fulfillment of religious obligations:

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Portentous

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of the nature of a portent; momentous.

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Pragmatic

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of or relating to a practical point of view or practical considerations.

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Pretence

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pretending or feigning; make-believe:

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Profuse

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spending or giving freely and in large amount, often to excess; extravagant (often followed by in):

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Promontory

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a high point of land or rock projecting into the sea or other water beyond the line of coast; a headland.

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Punitive

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serving for, concerned with, or inflicting punishment:

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Ratify

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to confirm by expressing consent, approval, or formal sanction:

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Repugnant

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distasteful, objectionable, or offensive:

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Resonant

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resounding or echoing, as sounds:

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Resplendent

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shining brilliantly; gleaming; splendid:

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Reverie

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a state of dreamy meditation or fanciful musing:

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Revulsion

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a strong feeling of repugnance, distaste, or dislike:

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Rhetoric

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(in writing or speech) the undue use of exaggeration or display; bombast.

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Roiled

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to disturb or disquiet; irritate; vex:

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Servile

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slavishly submissive or obsequious; fawning:

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Squelch

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to strike or press with crushing force; crush down; squash.

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Starkness

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sheer, utter, downright, or complete:

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Stigmatize

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to set some mark of disgrace or infamy upon:

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Superlative

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of the highest kind, quality, or order; surpassing all else or others; supreme;extreme:

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Sustenance

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means of sustaining life; nourishment.

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Synchronous

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occurring at the same time; coinciding in time; contemporaneous;simultaneous.

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Synecdoche

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a figure of speech in which a part is used for the whole or the whole for a part,the special for the general or the general for the special, as in ten sail for ten ships or a Croesus for a rich man.

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Synod

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an assembly of ecclesiastics or other church delegates, convoked pursuant to the law of the church, for the discussion and decision of ecclesiastical affairs;ecclesiastical council.

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Tessellated

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of, relating to, or like a mosaic.

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Tumultuous

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full of tumult or riotousness; marked by disturbance and uproar:

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Undulate

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to move with a sinuous or wavelike motion; display a smooth rising-and-falling or side-to-side alternation of movement: