Word Wealth Ww Part Ii 2 Unit 7 English Vocabulary

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galvanize

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to stimulate, excite

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iterate

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to utter again, repeat

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reiterate

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to repeat or keep repeating something

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recapitulate

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to summarize the main points you have made

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tautology

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needless reiteration of an idea in other words or phrases

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nurture

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to nourish, foster, rear

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cherish

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to cling to something with affection

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espouse

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to adopt and support something as one does a husband or wife (spouse)

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ostracize

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to banish, exclude

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banishment, exile, deportation, and expartiation

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all denote separation from the country one is in

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precaricate

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to evade the truth, lie or quibble

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mendacity

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simple, deliberate lying not always intended to mislead

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fabrication

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creative or imaginative lying

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duplicity

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double-dealing with its deceitful effects

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perjury

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deceit or lies, especially in court under oath

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counterfeit

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a deceptive imitation of what it represents

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simulation

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acting or pretending, sometimes to deceive, often to entertain

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dissimulation and dissembling

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forms of deliberate, unqualified pretense, which appear more often under other names today

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hypocrisy

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the feigning of qualities opposite to the ones actually possessed

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forgery

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found in a signature, article, book, or artwork which purports to be someone else's but is actually your own fabrication

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scrutinize

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to examine closely

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transfigure

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to transform, glorify

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transmute

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implies a complete change in the nature or form of a quality or substance

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metamorphose

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used of a complete change of form in a living organism

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vacillate

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to waver or be changeable

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venerate

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to regard with deep respect, revere

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deference

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respectfulness, but not so reverent as veneration

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adoration

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deep affection with awe and reverance

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venerable, beatified, and canonized

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three degrees of sancity in t he Roman Catolic Church

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venerable

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implies advanced in age as well as reverance

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vitiate

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to contaminate, debase, or render worthless; legally to make ineffective or invalid

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debauch

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to lead a person morally astray in the grosser ways of sensual indulgence

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deprave

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to corrupt a person, especially in the sense of debasing his character

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pervert

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to turn a person away from right thinking or actions

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articulate

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spoken distinctly, able to express (oneself)

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juvenile

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youthful, for children, immature

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juvenilia

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an author's youthful writings

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puerile

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childish in an uncomplimentary sense

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lucrative

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profitable, remunerate

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mercenary

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acting from desire for money

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cupidity

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greed or excessive desire for wealth

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avarice

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an active, grasping appetite for money or gain

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niggardliness

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stinginess that pays the smallest amount possible for articles purchased

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parsimoniousness

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excessive frugality and economy to the point of niggardliness

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penuriousness

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carries stinginess to the point where one appears poverty-stricken

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miserliness

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carries avarice to the point of penuriousness, or beyond

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pallid

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pale, wan

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anemic

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a disease that implies weakness

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sallow

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yellowish and unhealthy

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ghastly

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very pale, like a ghost,

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hoary

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white or gray with age

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ashen

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suggests fright or terror

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livid

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gray or blue gray, typicallly from cold or anger

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pious

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outwardly religious, godly

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devout

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fervent and deeply religious

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orthodox

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holds closely to traditional or standard beliefs or practices

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provident

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excersising foresight, thrifty

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providence

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often used as a synonym for Deity

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providential

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fortunate or lucky

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tolerant

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forbearing, respectful

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turbulent

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disorderly, tumultuous

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perturb and disturb

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imply agitation or disorder

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turbine

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creates an orderly but powerful "disturbance"

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vicious

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evil, destructive, savage

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villainous

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acts of a villain

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diabolical

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devilish

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nefarious

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very evil indeed