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pernicious
destructive; wicked
prodigious
enormous
deplorable
miserable; woeful
prolific
promoting fertility
rudiment
a basic principle or skill
proficiency
competence; expertise
deference
courteous regards or respect
expedient
a means to an end
encumbrance
a burden
parsimony
frugality; theft
emulation
an effort to equal or outdo another person; rivalry
animosity
hostility; hatred
perpetual
everlasting; continual
solicitude
care or concern
concurring
occuring and the same time; acting together
treatise
a formal, detailed article or book on a particular subject
abrogated
canceled; repealed
specious
attractice in a deceptive or insincere way
subordinate
less important; lower in rank
epithets
descriptive terms
libertine
indecent or unseemly
bugbear
an object of exaggerated fear
inculcated
taught
evanescent
quickly vanishing; fleeting
dissimulation
a concealing of one's true feelings; pretense
languid
sluggish; weak
vivacity
liveliness
affectation
unnatural behavior; conduct intended to give a false impression
feign
to give a false appearance of; simulate or counterfeit
gravel
to behave with exaggerated submission or humility
ignoble
not noble; degrading
felicity
happiness
chimerical
unrealistic and fantastic; fanciful
suffer
to allow; permit
solace
to console; comfort
zephyrs
gentle breezes
procure
to obtain; acquire
propitious
favorable; advantageous
clemency
mildness
obviate
to prevent; avert
paradox
a statement that appears to be self-contradictory or contrary to common sense but may be true
malevolence
wickedness; ill will
repine
feel dissatisfied; complain
vernal
having to do with spring
languish
to be weak or depressed
votaries
worshipers; devotees
ostentation
a showy display; boastful showiness
gulosity
excessive appetite; gluttony
abstemious
self defying; abstinent
descant
speak at length
vehement
forceful in expression or feeling
temperate
moderate;restrained
discernment
good judgment
impunity
freedom for punishment or penalty
corporal
bodily; physically
loquacious
very talkative
ascribed
assigned; refered to as a source
complacently
in a contented, self-satisfied way; smugly
transport
a state or being carried away by emotion; state of bliss
inducement
a motive for action; incentive
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18th century vocab part 2
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vocab- english
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2012-01-18T01:19:16Z
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