Vocabulary Flashcards

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rapacious

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aggressively greedy or grasping

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scintillating

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sparkling, twinkling, exceptionally brilliant (applied to mental or personal qualities)

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tenet

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belief, doctrine

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anachronistic

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out-of-date, not attributed to the correct historical period

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ardor

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intense and passionate feeling

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asunder

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apart; divided

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bequeath

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to give or pass on as an inheritance

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demure

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quiet and modest; reserved

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discourse

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conversation

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duplicity

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treachery, deceitfulness