All Vocab...

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Impel

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v. To urge to action through moral pressure; drive

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Unalienable

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adj. Not to be separated, given away, or taken away

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Transient

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adj. Passing with time; remaining in a place only a brief time

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Despotism

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n. Rule by or as if by absolute power or authority, tyrannical rule

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Usurpation

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n. A wrongful seizure or exercise of authority or privilege belonging to another; an encroachment

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Evince

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To show or demonstrate clearly

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Prudence

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n. the exercise of good judgment, common sense, and even caution, especially in the conduct of practical matters

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Derive

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v. To arrive at by reasoning; deduce or infer

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Rectitude

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n. Moral uprightness; righteousness.

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Absolve

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v. To pronounce clear of guilt or blame

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Magnanimous

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adj. Courageously noble in mind and heart

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Consanguinity

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n. Relationship by blood or by a common ancestor; a close affinity or connection.

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Acquiesce

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v. To consent or comply passively or without protest

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Plunder

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v. To seize wrongfully or by force; steal

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Latticed

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adj. An open framework made of strips of metal, wood, or similar material overlapped or overlaid in a regular, usually crisscross pattern

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Obsequious

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adj. Full of or exhibiting servile compliance; fawning

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Mirth

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n. Gladness and gaiety, especially when expressed by laughter

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Shrew

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n. A woman with a violent, scolding, or nagging temperament; a scold

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Pliant

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adj. Easily bent or flexed; pliable

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Malleable

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adj. Capable of being shaped or formed, as by hammering or pressure

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Termagant

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adj. Shrewish; scolding or quarrelsome

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Impunity

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n. Exemption from punishment, penalty, or harm

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Approbation

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n. An expression of warm approval; praise

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August

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adj. Inspiring awe or admiration; majestic

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Personage

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n. A person; a character in a literary work

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Idleness

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n. the trait of being unoccupied out of reluctance to work

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Precipice

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n. An overhanging or extremely steep mass of rock, such as the face of a cliff

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Countenance

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n. Appearance, especially the expression of the face

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Flagon

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n. A large vessel, usually of metal or pottery, with a handle and spout and often a lid, used for holding wine or other liquors

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Metamorphose

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v. To change into a wholly different form or appearance; transform

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Scepter

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n. A staff held by a sovereign as an emblem of authority

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Harangue

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v. To lecture with emotion, to rant or berate

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Jargon

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n. characteristic language of a particular group

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Comely

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adj. Pleasing and wholesome in appearance; attractive

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Vigil

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n. A watch kept during normal sleeping hours; the act or a period of observing; surveillance

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Abdicate

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(v) to relinquish power formally

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Ablution

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(n) a washing or cleansing of the body, especially as a part of a religious ceremony

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Abscond

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(v) to leave quickly and hide oneself, often to avoid capture or prosecution

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Acrimonious

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(adj) bitter and sharp in language or tone

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Assuage

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(v) to make something less burdensome or painful

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Banal

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(adj) predictable and boring

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Bequeath

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(v) to give by will

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Bedlam

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(n) a state of extreme confusion and disorder

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Bereaved

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(adj) suffering the loss of a loved one

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Bibliophile

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(n) someone who loves books

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Blithe

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(adj) carefree and lighthearted

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Bombastic

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(adj) pretentiously lofty in style or language

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Capacious

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(adj) spacious or roomy

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Caprice

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(n) an impulsive change of mind

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Caustic

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(adj) harsh or corrosive in tone

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Chastise

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(v) to punish or criticize

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Confluence

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(n) the meeting of two or more streams

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Consternation

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(n) fear resulting from awareness of danger

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Contagion

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(n) disease transmitted by direct or indirect contact

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Contuse

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(v) to bruse

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Copious

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(adj) large in quantity, abundant

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Coquette

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(n) a flirt (a woman)

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Denizen

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(n) an inhabitant, a resident

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Deride

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(v) to treat with contempt, to ridicule

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Archaic

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(adj) old, from an earlier time period

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Discord

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(n) lack of agreement between persons, groups or things

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Doleful

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(adj) filled with or evoking sadness

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Bourne

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(n) a small stream (also, archaic term for boundary)

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Carpetbagger

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(n) A Northerner who went to the South after the Civil War for political or financial advantage.

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Scalawag

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(n) A white Southerner working for or supporting the federal government during Reconstruction.

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Abridge

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(v) to cut, (to shorten)

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Superfluity

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(n) an excess, an overabundance

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Abomination

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(n) A cause of loathing or disgust

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Abrogation

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(n) the act of doing away with something

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Ameliorate

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(v) to improve something or make it better

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Avid

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(adj) Having a passionate desire or unbounded craving

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Blasphemy

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(n) Speaking out against the beliefs of the church

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Callously

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(adv) coldheartedly, insensitively

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Concede

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(v) yielding or granting to a wish or request

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Conciliatory

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(adj) appeasing, making or willing to make concessions or compromises

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Congeries

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(n) a collection or assortment of things

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Contentious

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(adj) always ready to argue, quarrelsome

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Covenant

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(n) a promise, a binding agreement, a compact

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Daft

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(adj) crazy

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Deference

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(n) yielding to the opinion, wishes, or judgment of another

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Diametrically

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(adv) on opposite ends, contrary

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Effrontery

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(n) presumptuous and bold behavior

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Presumptuous

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(adj) Going beyond what is right or proper; excessively forward

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Embodiment

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(n) the state of representing in a physical form

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Evasive

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(adv) avoiding answering a question or accusation

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Faction

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(n) a dissenting minority

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Dissent

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(v) to differ in opinion or feeling, to disagree

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Gait

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(n) a particular way of walking

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Gaunt

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(adj) thin to the point of looking starved or emaciated

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Harlot

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(n) middle English for prostitute

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Theocracy

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(n) A government ruled by or subject to religious authority

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Alacrity

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n. eagerness, willingness, cheerful readiness

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Visage

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n. facial expression, appearance

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Placid

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adj. calm, peaceful

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Virago

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n. dominating woman