Vocab List 4

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accolade

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an award, an honor

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blasphemy

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irreverence; an insult to something held sacred; profanity

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catholic

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universal; embracing to everything

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degenerate

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to break down, to deteriorate

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emigrate

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to move to ao new country; to move to a new place to live; to expatriate

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finesse

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skillful maneuvering; subtlety; craftiness

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guile

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cunning; duplicity

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idyllic

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charming in a rustic way; naturaly peaceful

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latent

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present but not visible or apparent; potential

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malaise

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a feeling of depression, uneasiness or queasiness

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bereaved

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deprived or left desolate, especially through death

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nominal

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in name only; insignificant

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accost

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to approach and speak to someone (negative connotation)

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benign

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gentle; not harmful; mild

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censure

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to condemn severely for doing something bad

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defame

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to libel or slander

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delineate

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to describe accurately; to draw in outline

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elusive

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hard to pin down; evasive

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flagrant

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glaringly bad; notorious; scandalous

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gregarious

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sociable; enjoying the company of others

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ignominy

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deep disgrace

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lethargy

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sluggishness; laziness; drowsiness; indifference

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magnanimous

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forgiving; not resentful; noble in spirit; generous

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nostalgia

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sentimental longing for the past

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paradox

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a true statement or phenomenon that nonetheless seems to contradict itself; an untrue statement or phenomenon that nonetheless seems logical

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acquiesce

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to comply passively; so accept; to assent; to agree

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benevolent

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generous; kind; doing good deeds

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chagrin

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humiliation; embarrassed disappointment

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deduce

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to conclude from evidence; to infer

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flaunt

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to show off; to display ostentatiously

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fatalist

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someone who believes that future events are already determined and that humans are powerless to change them

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gravity

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seriousness

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illict

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illegal; not permitted

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imminent

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just about to happen

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levity

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lightness; frivolity; lacking seriousness

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machination

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scheming activity for an evil purpose

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novel

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new; original

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noxious

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harmful; offensive

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obtuse

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insensitive; blockheaded

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abysmal

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extremely hopeless or wretched; bottomless

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obsequious

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fawning; subservient; sucking up to

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officious

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annoyingly eager to help or advise

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blight

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anything that injures or destroys

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charisma

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a magical-seeming ability to attact followers or inspire loyalty

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charlatan

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fraud; quack; con man

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deleterious

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harmful

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encroach

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to make gradual or stealthly inroads into; to trespass

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engender

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to bring into existence; to create; to cause

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flout

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to disregard something out of disrespect

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impeccable

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flawless; entirely without sin

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lugubrious

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exaggeratedly mournful

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luminous

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giving off light; glowing; bright

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mandate

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a command or authorization to do something; the will of voters as expressed by the results of an...