Vocab-La Midterm

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Adage

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proverb, wise saying

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Citadel

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a fortress that overlooks and protects a city; any strong or commanding place

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collaborate

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to work with, work together

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jostle

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to make or force one's way by pushing or elbowing; to bump, shovr, brush against; to compete for

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laggard

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a person who moves slowly or falls behind; falling behind; slow wto move, act, or respond

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plaudits

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applaussse,, enthusiastic praise or approval

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congested

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overcrowded, filled or occupied

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gingerly

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with extreme care or caution

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venerate

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to regard with reverence- look up to with great respect

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wanton

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reckless, heartless, unjustifiable; loose in morals; a spoiled, pampereed person, one with low morals

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audaciouus

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bold, adventerous, recklessly daring

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instigate

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to urge on, to stir up, provoke, start, incite

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incapacitate

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to deprive of strength or ability; to make legally inelegible

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perspective

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a point of view or general standpoint from which things are veiwed physically or mentally; the appearance to the eye of vaarious objects at a given time place or difference

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prodigious

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immense, extraordinary in bulk, size or degree

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relevant

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connected with or related to the matter at hand

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bolster

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to support, give a boost to, a long pillow or cushion, a supporting post

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frivolous

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of little importance, not worthy of serious attention; not meant seriously

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obsess

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to trouble haunt or fill the mind

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promontory

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a high point of land extending into water

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solicitous

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showing concern or care, fearful or anxious about someone or someething

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residue

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a remainder, that which remains when a part has been used up or removed

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prone

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lying face down, inclined, likely

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apparition

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a ghost or ghostly figure, an unexplained or unusual appearance

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assert

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to declare or state as truth, maintains or defend, put forward forcefully

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disdain

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to look upon with scorn, to reefuse scornfully
a feeling of contempt

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articulate

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to pronounce distinctly, to express well in words, to fit together in a system, able to use language effectuvellly, expressed clearly aaanf forcefully

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bask

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to be in or expose oneself to, pleasant warmth

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defect

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an imperfection, flaw or blemish of some kind to desert a cause or an organization

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genial

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cordial, pleasantly cheerful or warm

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instill

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to add gradually, to introduce or cause to be taken in

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ostracize

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to exclude from a group, banish, send away

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purge

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to wash away impurities, clean up, the process of getting rid of something or someone decisively
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retentive

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able to hold, keep, or recall

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attribute

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a quality or characteristic belonging to or associated with someone or someeething to assigin credit with

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doctrine

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a beleif, principle, or teaching

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haggard

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thin, pale, and careworn as a result of worry or suffering

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juncture

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a joining together, any important point in time

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predatory

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preying on, plundering, piratical

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tawdry

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showy, flashy but lacking in good taste

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unassuming

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not putting on airs, modest

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wallow

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to roll about in a lazy, helpless, or clumsy way or manner, wet, muddy or dusty area used by animals as a sort of bath